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TIL that South Korea planted over 350 million trees in a massive reforestation program starting at the end of World War Two.

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GY8bE TIL following the Falklands War the United Kingdom was diplomatically represented in Argentina by Switzerland until 1990. The Swiss took over two consulates and the British Embassy in Buenos Aires which became the British Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy.
BgbAr TIL that online dating began with Com-Pat (UK) in 1964 and Operation Match(USA) in 1965
4kyXa TIL the San Diego Zoo is the only other place you can see a Platypus in captivity outside of Australia
b0EE TIL that Adobe was shocked that its software was being used in Blue’s Clues’ production by Nickelodeon. Adobe’s developers never knew it could be used to create character animation on the scale that Blue’s Clues was using.
lmB5 TIL The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America. It looks more like a long-legged fox than a wolf. Genetic studies show that it is neither fox nor true wolf, but a distinct species. It is the only member of its genus, Chrysocyon.