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TIL Bhutan is the world's only carbon negative country. The constitution demands at least 60% of the country covered in forest, making it a sink of over four million tonnes of CO2 per year.

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5rjk TIL The United States helped overthrow a democratically elected government in Brazil
8vlK TIL Fedex uses the United States Postal Service to ship almost a third of it’s packages in order to save money.
OoXKa TIL that the word pie chart in English is obviously pie chart, in French it's camembert cheese, in Chinese it is pancake, and in Italian it is cake.
9wdbG TIL airlines in Japan list where customers with babies are sitting on the seat map so you can be better informed as you choose your seat.
4YWX TIL of the Pig War between the US and Canada over disputed territory in Washington and BC. The only casualty was the pig.