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TIL the Hard Rock Cafe chain is owned by the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida

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eXaL TIL the United Arab Emirates seriously consider building an artificial mountain to change the climate
JwEk TIL The longest jail sentence handed down in the United States was 11,200 years, with charges ranging from rape, to kidnapping, larceny, and robbery.
wLZN7 TIL the reason Chicken (noodle) Soup is known to help heal the sick is because the boiling of the bones and other inedible parts unlocks nutrients not found elsewhere. Modern commercial soups and broths won't boost recovery are much since many aren't made traditionally, with a real carcass.
x7K7 TIL middle school students across the US are being given upwards of 5 hours of homework per night while countries with better educational rankings like Finland only assign 30 min.
Z8N84 TIL just by simply reducing the margins of office paper from 1" to 0.75" would result in upwards of 6 million trees saved per year.