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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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l7x8G TIL all foreign and domestic students can study for free at public German universities regardless of what country you're from!
84wZ TIL living near coal-fired power stations exposes people to higher radiation doses than living near nuclear plants
OoeB1 TIL that the first Native American to meet the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock greeted them in English.
PYdPE TIL A decade before the Internet went mainstream, French citizens were interacting via Minitel, a computer network open to anyone with a telephone
1D8P TIL that the Hindu religion states that science only offers a limited view of reality, but all it offers is right and correct, meaning that the religion by it’s nature cannot contradict science, leading to the the majority of even highly religious Hindus accepting evolution as fact.