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TIL Bhutan is the only country in the world that is carbon negative; it emits 1.5 million tonnes of carbon a year while its forests absorb 6 million.

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rR5OW TIL that an Australasian based company is making progress in combatting dementia by literally transplanting cells into patients' brains to promote regeneration of the nervous system.
Wk6yo TIL that the Night's Watch cloaks from Game Of Thrones are made of 79$ Ikea rugs.
Lkx4Z TIL Re-Animator writer/director Stuart Gordon was the one who originally pitched Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to Disney
xVrP7 TIL that in 2018 tourists threw about 1.5 million euros in loose change into the trevi fountain (Rome)
0Gop TIL corn [maize] needs to be cooked in limewater before its nutrients can be absorbed into the human body. While Native Americans knew this, early New World colonial settlers did not, which resulted in many deaths from malnutrition for those who using it as a staple food.