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TIL about sailors who discovered a dead German sailor during the Clipper Boat Race

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1add8 TIL the reason most Americans have never tasted blackcurrant - it was outlawed in the early 1900s to protect white pine trees from a fungus. As of 2020, restrictions remain in MA, ME, NH, and VA.
JYGKV TIL 12 counties in Africa are building a 9 mile wide tree wall all the way across the continent to prevent the Sahara from advancing
MeRbA TIL Children develop more creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills when they throw away Lego instructions and build things together with others using their own imagination. Routine, manual jobs are increasingly automated, whereas the 'new work' is non-routine cognitive
wLJoW TIL that an ocean quahog clam named Ming lived to 507 years old
78wJp TIL in the year 1800, almost 40% of the world's population lived in the Qing empire (China)