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TIL: Ronald Reagan seriously declared “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”

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NVgE TIL that British actress, Afshan Azad, who has starred in “Harry Potter” films, was Beaten And threatened by her Family For Dating a Non-Muslim
d8re7 TIL the Eternity puzzle launched in June 1999. Consisting of 209 pieces, it was marketed as being practically unsolvable, with a £1 million prize on offer for whoever could solve it within 4 years. The prize was paid out in October 2000.
N7A8E TIL the Shag Rocks were charted by William Scoresby in 1927. They are inhabited mainly by South Georgia shags, a subspecies of the imperial shag.
gMX57 TIL That Snoop Dogg tried to rent out the entire country of Lichenstein for a music video, but was rejected
DDbv TIL D.B. Cooper researchers (the only successful airline hijacking in U.S. history) in recent years, using SEM, lifted microscopic particles of pure titanium from the tie he left onboard (rarely used in 1971), narrowing the possible suspects from millions to 100s.