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TIL that within about 600 million years, faster weathering of rocks by an increasingly brighter sun will reduce atmospheric CO2 levels below the threshold required for trees to survive, and all of earth's forests will die.

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4rQX TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.
1KLW TIL more than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outside established pediatric guidelines.
ZnVR TIL, many Civil War battles have two names, because the Union named battles after natural features and the Confederacy after the man-made structures/towns nearby
8YpP TIL: Sucking a king’s nipples was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland
Jw4k TIL that the most expensive Pokemon card is a “Pikachu Illustrator”, only 6 of these cards were produced and each was given to a group of Japanese children who won a drawing competition in 1997. They sell for around $20, 000.