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TIL The Indian village of Meghalaya, the wettest place on Earth, has trained branches of rubber trees to create natural bridges over rainy valleys.

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j96Q TIL in 2014, police in the United States killed 1,100 people while police in Canada killed 14 people, police in China killed 12 people and police in Germany didn’t kill anyone at all
ANDpg TIL that the Channel Tunnel was originally proposed in 1802 and construction was attempted in 1880. Two tunnels were dug but the project was scrapped due to fears of invasion. The tunnels and the boring machine still exist under the Channel.
p18G TIL The US President must pay for their own meals. Most experience sticker shock & complain.
lGAa TIL of ‘Code of the Secret Service’, a movie which lead actor Ronald Reagan called “the worst picture I ever made.” The film inspired a man named Jerry Sparr to join the Secret Service, who in 1981, saved President Ronald Reagan from an assassination attempt
OPya TIL Some people have a “natural alarm clock” allowing them to wake up when they want - This is actually caused by a stress hormone