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TIL that there are more Trees in the US today than there were 100 years ago

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e05yk TIL In 1971, after LANSA flight 508 was struck by lightening above Peru, 17 year old Juliane Koepcke fell from the sky for two miles but survived. Despite extensive wounds, she walked for 11 days in the rainforest before finding a group of fishermen who helped transport her to a hospital.
VvQQ TIL that Venice does not have a complete modern sewer system. In the historic core, much of the raw sewage goes straight into the canals.
yoLX TIL that 20,000 years ago your average Aboriginal male would likely smoke Usain Bolt in a race.
wLO16 TIL: In 2010 the Polish President and many important government officials were killed when their plane crashed inside Russia.
L4Ym TIL a 13-year-old Canadian girl once ran the fastest marathon by a female, knocking more than four minutes off the previous world record. While running she was beaming and saying, “gee, this is great!“ Two minutes after the race, a doctor declared that her heart rate had already returned to normal.