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TIL U.S. Taxpayers funded re-forestation efforts in Lebanon for the historic Cedar trees

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noQY TIL there is an island off the coast of South Carolina that has thousands of free living monkeys on it
xVjog TIL that when they tried to book a phone call from the President to inform Sgt Dakota Meyer that he had been approved for the Medal of Honor, White House staff were told he was working a construction job and to call back during his lunch hour.
VBE9p TIL that potting soil can spontaneously combust!
xBEk TIL: The quote commonly attributed to the late sir Terry Pratchett “Don’t think of it as dying, just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush” was actually written by Neil Gaiman
BRbk TIL that Harvard College is suspected of grade inflation. The median grade is an A-, and the most frequently awarded mark is an A.