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TIL the "flourish of approval" is a check mark like symbol only used in the Kingdom of The Netherlands and its former colonies

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JYDeV TIL that Mr. Rogers was a vegetarian, a ordained minister, and a recipient of the presidential medal of freedom.
P1EnL TIL that bananas can be used as a scale for radiation doses
78eMZ TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000.
JYDkV TIL the top of the giant redwood forest were thought to be a lifeless wasteland. But explorers recently discover their canopy contains an entire ecosystem. A lake of fern, top soil a meter deep in its branches, trees and other plants, and crustaceans that only live in water all live up there.
6EBk7 TIL that WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.