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TIL using data from Toronto, researchers found having more trees on your block has health benefits akin to $10,000 raise or being seven years younger.

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nWAo TIL In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, which outlawed the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates by American citizens, forcing them to sell these to the Federal Reserve.
7nb7 TIL that in medieval times, homosexuals and adulterous women were punished by a device that stretched their vagina or anus until they die.
lEgr TIL L. Ron Hubbard once fought a 68 hour naval battle with two non-existent Japanese submarines after operating his vessel’s SONAR incorrectly.
1apDV TIL that the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) have their own catering support unit for prolonged incidents called TEAPOT1
l6JB TIL the phrase ‘Politically Correct’ was coined by Mao Zedong.