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TIL there is a search engine that plants a tree everytime you use it.

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Zo1G TIL When the half-millennium-old Tiananmen Gate was found to be falling down in the 1960s, it was secretly replaced, bit by bit, with an exact replica, in a successful conspiracy that involved nearly 3,000 people who managed to keep it a secret for years.
orGE TIL A snail’s venom could make a pain-killer 1000x more powerful than Morphine. And it’s non-addictive
NXvZM TIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibility
QNJlM TIL Susan Sarandon, who play a cellist named Jane in "The Witches of Eastwick", learned only after being cast that she would have to quickly learn how to play cello, and was told that she would be sued if she left the production.
LQ67d TIL “clinically proven” just means consumers who tried the product reported it does what it claims to do.