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

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ZpppQ TIL that 2.5% of the human body is metals (1.55 kg for the average adult)
0yM1 TIL 70% of celullar network traffic in Bangladesh is missed calls
Me5b TIL there was a “lost” tribe of Pintupi Aboriginals who first saw a white person in 1984. At their first meeting, the white man invited them into a Toyota and went for a joyride in the desert while listening to Australian rock band Midnight Oil.
kpge TIL that the Creation Museum in Kentucky has an Allosaurus skeleton which is over 115 million years old, but teaches in the museum that Earth is only 6,000 years old.
vPZBx TIL that in 1982, 28-year-old Vladimir Smirnoff, ranked world #1 in fencing, was killed at the World Fencing Championships when a broken foil pierced his mask, entered his eye socket and penetrated his frontal lobe. The incident is the reason why fencing uniforms now include Kevlar as standard.