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TIL that tropical rainforests have some of the most infertile soils found on the planet - all of the nutrients are locked in the vegetation.

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EgZvX TIL that as Governor of California, Ronald Reagan was not fiscally conservative. He increased spending by 9%, increased the sales tax from 3% to 5%, and increased taxes for the highest income bracket from 7% to 10%
8Rn4 TIL after first implementing cloud computing technology, Amazon employed “two-pizza teams” to maintain and upgrade the hardware, aka a team small enough to be fed with only 2 pizzas.
pY4LN TIL captions and subtitles are not the same thing. I've used them interchangeably. Captions are a transcription of dialogue and are primarily used to help viewers who cannot hear the audio clearly. Meanwhile, subtitles provide a translation for viewers who don’t understand the language being spoken.
WkXP8 TIL When Adam Devine (Adam from Workaholics) was 11 years old, he was hit by a cement truck. He spent two years with limited mobility and underwent 25 surgeries.
b61P4 TIL in 2006, Steve Wynn sold Picasso's painting La Reve for a $139 million, but before he sent it away, he invited friends over for a last look. While chatting in front of the portrait, he accidentally hit the painting with his elbow, leaving a silver dollar-sized hole and scuttling the deal.