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TIL Richard Branson was extremely shy as a child. In an effort to overcome his shyness his mother once dropped him off three miles from home, requiring him to talk to strangers to find his way home.

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v1PLD TIL that rainforests are responsible for roughly one-third (28%) of the Earth’s oxygen but most (70%) of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plants.
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