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TIL Ecuador are going to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies.

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8oEP TIL that Simon & Garfunkel’s first album was so unsuccessful that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed and remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and after this version of “The Sounds of Silence” became a hit, they reunited for four more albums.
kOD0e TIL Mr. Potato Head a was product placement and his sales increased by 500% after the release of Toy Story (1995).
gM0MA TIL the word “cocksucker” is uttered 279 times in the series Deadwood.
4k4kw TIL - During the gold rush these items would cost (in todays equivalent) you: eggs - $90, butter slice of bread $56, a pick axe $1500. Inflation during the Tech Boom was nothing compared to the Gold Rush - article from 2015.
p8dkb TIL of Igbo Ora, a town in Nigeria known as the “twins capital of the world”. It’s in the south west part of Nigeria which has a documented 50 sets of twins born out of every 1,000 births. Locals say it is due to an okra leaf they eat. One woman says it’s responsible for her having 8 pairs of twins.