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TIL killing a stork was punishable by death in Ancient Greek and they were honored by Muslims for flying to Mekka every year

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1aOrP TIL Finland has planted 150 million trees per year for decades. For a small nation of 5½ million people that means 27 trees per person. If the entire European Union were to do the same, there would be nearly 14 billion trees planted every year in the EU.
yQL4J TIL Yellowstone isn't actually overdue to erupt. Even if volcanoes were set on some kind of timer (which they're not), there have only been 3 recorded eruptions. This isn't enough for a reliable average. And even if it was, we would still be 100,000 years off.
DK0V TIL The myth that human eat 8 spiders a year while we sleep was started to demonstrate how fake “facts” spread over the internet.
56Nn TIL in 1867 after Union soldiers set fire to Columbia, SC, the New York Fire Dep. raised money for a hose carriage; Colombia promised to return the favor whenever New York needed it. Shortly after 9/11, Colombia Fire Dep. followed up and raised money for a new fire truck for the NYPD.
oRJME TIL in Britain, the Victorian's Added Secret Messages to Their Postcards and Letters.