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TIL that China cuts down 20 million 20 year old trees to produce their annual demand of 80 billion chopsticks.

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Y7nlA TIL the tiny nation of Vanuatu has the world's highest linguistic density per capita. Its population of 300,000 speak 138 indigenous Oceanic languages. That's not counting the languages brought in by new migrants.
0w8BN TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory currently earns just $8-9 every three months from royalty payments.
R71Vj TIL There's Evidence Humans Didn't Actually See Blue Until Modern Times
AD15g TIL We are likely living in a simulation
oB17r TIL the munitions factory used by Oskar Schindler to save 1200 Jewish workers during WWII is set to be turned into a Holocaust Memorial and Exhibition.