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TIL A man from India started planting trees when he was 16-years-old. He's now 52 and lives in his own forest with rhinos, tigers and elephants.

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GVPQ TIL the Russian forename Vladimir/Wladimir is commonly translated as “World Peace”.
epByb TIL Nigeria is the third largest Guinness drinking nation, followed By the USA
OokaX TIL vintners sold concentrated bricks of wine during prohibition with the explicit warning not to leave the juice from them in a bucket in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine.
0wwPp TIL that the papal election of 1268 lasted 3 years and eventually the roof of the building they were locked in was removed to speed up the election. The election lasted so long that 3 cardinal electors died and 1 resigned during it.
awOyM TIL that the smallest instrument in the world is a Nano Guitar- a miniature guitar the size of a red blood cell. One model could only be played by its stings being targeted with miniature lasers in an atomic force microscope.