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TIL my theory of doorways causing that forget what you're doing effect is real.

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jN0kX TIL there are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. A study led by Yale University researches with scientists from 15 different countries arrived at an estimate of 3,000,000,000,000 (3 trillions) of trees, by combining on-the-ground study with satellite imaging.
woOwE TIL that in the 1970s Hostess paid DC to run ads in DC comic books, and each one was a one-page comic that led to the villain getting stopped thanks to Hostess fruit pies or Twinkies.
6E0yZ TIL about restocking lakes with fish by dumping them from an airplane. Supposedly 95% of the fish survive!
XE5lP TIL Dolly Parton wrote “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” (later covered by Whitney Houston, and one of the best selling singles of all time) on the same night
omPY TIL ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.