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

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BrLPd TIL the song "Can't Help Falling In Love" is a cover of a French song, "Plaisir d'Amour", written in 1784, which have been sung by hundreds of artists throughout the world
KOGK4 TIL In Japan women give chocolate to men rather than the common-place tradition of men gifting women with tokens of love. This is rumored to be a tradition which originated from a translation error of a chocolate company during the initial campaigns marketing Valentines Day
b9BwZ TIL The original Icelandic male settlers were 60-80% Norse and a similar percentage of Women were Gaelic from Ireland and Scotland.
xVOP0 TIL about Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity, in which thousands of gallons of water are pumped to a reservoir at a higher elevation using off-peak electricity, then released to turn turbines and produce electricity at a later date. It's a non-chemical form of battery.
VWL0 TIL that the last recorded kill using a bow and arrow in war was made in WWII by British officer Jack Churchill, who carried a longbow, bagpipes and a Scottish broadsword into battle