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TIL there is a Buddhist temple in Thailand constructed of an estimated 1.5 million beer bottles

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DAKg TIL There is a theory that says that a large part of the Amazon rainforest may be a giant ‘orchard’, the legacy of a people who flourished between 450BC and 950AD.
yQe0V TIL the woman who holds the record for the most summits of Mount Everest (9) is a single mother who works as a dishwasher at Whole Foods in Connecticut.
woV7J TIL that Abraham Lincoln nearly joined the Donner-Reed Party on their disastrous journey. It was only because of his wife's disapproval that he did not go with his good friend James Reed.
yY5v TIL psychologists have no idea how to rehabilitate sex offenders. There is no scientific evidence that therapy prevents sex criminals from striking again, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
ADQjg TIL that in 1995 on Brazilian TV there was an incident known as "the kicking of the saint" when a televangelist kicked a statue of the Virgin Mary on his show to prove its "inability to react, because it's made of clay." This sparked riots across Brazil and the televangelist fled the country.