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TIL The Khejarli massacre in 1730 resulted in 363 protestors being killed while protecting a forest. This gave rise to the "Chipko Movement" also known as "Tree huggers" in India

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79VO TIL Due to enduring ‘another violent summer’ in 2016, the owner of D&C Pizza in Indianapolis is trying to reduce crime by giving a free extra-large-pizza to anyone who turns in a gun - no question asked.
dDDYE TIL That according to some Astronomers the best way to view the Earth and the Moon is not as a planet and a satellite but as a binary planet system
GAQW7 TIL that the Glen Campbell song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", was about his future after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It ended up being the last song he recorded.
KOV9E TIL that one of the earliest examples of “OMG” being used was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. “I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)” – Lord Fisher
p8k0Q TIL that the different designations for groups of birds (Parliament of Owls, Murder of Crows...) largely came from a book from Middle Ages called The Book of Saint Albania. The designations are largely unused by scientist and birdwatchers, but are meant to describe the birds’ characters.