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TIL that Bhutan is the only Carbon negative country in the world.

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l7BwK TIL the cost of attending an NFL game has risen around 4x the rate of inflation over the last 30 years
wWd7 TIL: In “Batman and Captain America”, the Joker teamed up with a character named Red Skull. However, on learning the character was actually a nazi and not just pretending, the Joker turned on him, proclaimed “I may be a criminal lunatic, but I’m an AMERICAN criminal lunatic!”
VBjE0 TIL platypuses can sting you
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