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TIL There is an Indian village named "Piplantri" which celebrates the birth of every girl child by planting 111 trees

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ep6db TIL the Portuguese-Spanish border has its own name, "The Stripe".
x6v1b TIL you shouldn’t rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth. This washes away all the fluoride, instead, just spit out the toothpaste then go about your day
wO8W TIL The children’s book author of “Goodnight Moon” Margaret Wise Brown died at 42 while showing her doctor how well she felt by kicking up her leg like a can-can dancer; it dislodged a clot in her leg that traveled to her heart, killing her.
yVPxa TIL the oldest wooden church in the world is Greensted Church. Located in Essex England, it is also Englands oldest wooden building. The structure has stood for 1200 years, although of course work has been carried out multiple times over the centuries leaving little of its original construction.
0OXj TIL that the term “it ain’t over til’ the fat lady sings” originally references the conclusion of a lengthy epic four part opera called Der Ring des Nibelungen; in which, the “fat lady” or Valkyrie Brünnhilde sings for about 20 minutes, signaling the end the nearly 16 hour saga.