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TIL An Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl is born.

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16lLD TIL 1 out of every 4 animals is a beetle.
VMo4Q TIL that as the Roman Emperor Vespasian was dying with severe diarrhea, he remarked "Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" before succumbing to his illness.
Ra9l TIL Bruce Lee’s actual corpse appeared in his final movie, Game of Death. The footage used in the film, which includes close-up shots of the open casket in addition to a shot of his embalmed face, was taken from his funeral in real life.
x6Km0 TIL that consuming too much nutmeg can alter your perception of reality
D5Nr TIL Patent trolls (more formally non-practicing entities that hold a patent) now account for 61% of all patent litigation (up from 5% 10 years ago), and lose 91% of all cases. Research has said these cases have caused half a trillion, and nearly $80 billion annually, in wealth loss since 1990.