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TIL that the south-asian country of Bhutan is carbon-negative, meaning it absorbs carbon dioxide and spits out oxygen.

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neEDb TIL Gold is an inert noble metal as it does not react with other elements. It is the most malleable and ductile of all known metals. An ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet measuring 300 square feet or stretched into a gold thread 5 miles long.
vP10r TIL of the Dew Drop Inn. It was a former New Orleans nightclub known for catering to Black audiences during the segregation era. Singers such as Ray Charles, James Brown, and Earl King once performed there. The club allowed white patrons and thus was sometimes raided for violating Jim Crow laws.
J1pAB TIL that Inyo County, California has the 48 US states' highest point (Mount Whitney), lowest point in the US (Badwater Basin, Death Valley), and world's hottest place (Furnace Creek, Death Valley).
l7pMA TIL the Double Rainbow guy was a prolific uploader and created thousands of videos. He also scheduled 15 years of uploads in advanced before he died, leaving his channel still active now 4 years after his death.
5VlmD TIL: A man, over the phone, convinced various restaurant and grocery managers to conduct strip searches of female staff, or in one case a customer, on behalf of "the police". For at least 12 years, starting in 1992, over 70 such occurrences were reported in 30 U.S. states.