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

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pAv4 TIL when Skylab fell back to Earth it rained debris on a small town in Australia. The town, Esperance, fined NASA $400 for littering
X0PbQ TIL that author James Patterson helped write the famous Toys R Us jingle.
5V0g8 TIL After a heart attack, the body increases sleep time in order to limit heart inflammation and damage
xVnL0 TIL whilst filming 'Man on the Moon' at Universal Studios in 1999, Jim Carrey once dressed as Mrs. Bates from 'Psycho' and terrorised a tram of tourists passing the film's sets on the Studio Tour. As a result, the tour has included an actor that slowly approaches the trams as they pass ever since.
mxn8O TIL helicopter fire fighters (Aerial firefighter) can fill their buckets from local swimming pools. This is helpful when fighting wild fire and there are no lakes nearby. Happens mostly in California.