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TIL Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in less than one day

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mxdAO TIL Jordan Peele decided to make "Us" a full-on horror film due to people being generally confused over the genre of "Get Out".
WgNL TIL that PT Barnum, frustrated with how long people lingered in his museum’s exhibits, posted large signs throughout that said “This Way to the Egress”. He knew most of the visitors would follow them, not knowing that “Egress” meant “exit”. They couldn’t re-enter without paying the entry fee again.
mxAEY TIL of the land of brushes. Kumano city in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture is famous for producing handmade brushes that are used by Hollywood makeup artists among others. But it only specialized in brushmaking after farmers had to sell brushes to earn an income during the agricultural off season.
9YVe7 TIL the song "Monster Mash" was banned on airplay by the BBC because it was "too morbid."
Y7MaB TIL that the Simpsons is not the longest running cartoon of all time. That a Looney Tunes spin-off called “The Bugs Bunny Show” currently beats the Simpsons by 6 years. This show ran for 40 years from 1960-2000. While The Simpsons is currently running at 34 years. (1989-present)