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TIL that there are more living organisms in one teaspoon of soil than there are humans on earth. Happy World Soil Day!

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5VOak TIL Sweden was the first neutral country to formally recognise USA in 1783 (not Morocco! which was 1786) did not participate in the war of independence
WmyL TIL that Jackie Chan’s first movie appearance, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), was considered to be a lost film, as no known copies of the film existed. However, this was not the case, as on February 3rd, 2016, the entire movie was suddenly uploaded to YouTube.
oe1E TIL NASA is planning to grow plants on the moon by 2015 - “If they can thrive, we probably can too”
16WyO TIL Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was sent to Dachau concentration camp for his resistance to the Anschluss.
nlBG TIL Willie Nelson used to visit the White House frequently and, at one point, smoked weed on its roof.