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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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loZM5 TIL Rock band Bring Me The Horizon got their name from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie when Captain Jack Sparrow said, "Now, bring me that horizon."
6gAY TIL that there is a Counterfeit Museum of Paris, where they display the most impressive and accurate knock-offs of popular goods.
M8Xm TIL there are at least 7 people alive today who could claim the title of King of Jerusalem.
j6XOX Today I learned about Dick Rowe, a British Music executive who declined to sign the Beatles in 1962. Despite missing out on one of the biggest bands in history, Rowe later took a suggestion from George Harrison and gave a record contract to The Rolling Stones.