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TIL just by simply reducing the margins of office paper from 1" to 0.75" would result in upwards of 6 million trees saved per year.

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vv9R TIL that the driest place on Earth is in Antarctica in an area called the Dry Valleys, which have seen no rain for nearly 2 million years. There is absolutely no precipitation in this region.
gmvX TIL It’s illegal to own pet hamsters in Hawaii.
OoGb4 TIL that Homer Simpson's iconic exclamation "D'oh!" is never explicitly used in any Simpson's Script. All the script ever says is "annoyed grunt"
16ODX TIL that in 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on CSX Transportation's Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Alabama. 47 people were killed and 103 others were injured. Such a rail disaster had not occurred in the U.S. since the 1958 Newark Bayou rail accident, in which 48 people died.
Z8rG TIL Matthew Bellamy, lead singer/guitarist of Muse, holds the Guinness Book World Record for most guitars smashed on a tour for smashing 140 guitars on the Absolution Tour.