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TIL A couple in Brazil planted 2 million trees over 20 years in order to bring back a rainforest that was destroyed due to deforestation. Now the area has status as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve and is home to 172 types of birds, 33 varieties of mammals, and 15 kinds of reptiles and amphibians.

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kOaW7 TIL that California has a higher population than Canada
epEG6 TIL a Canadian National Historic Site is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City
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