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TIL Jadav Payeng single-handedly planted a 1,360-acre Forest in India by planting a Tree everyday for 35 years. That Forest is now home to Tigers and above hundred Elephants

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v4BD TIL The Islamic world was a dominant player in the history of slavery. Muslims continued to trade in European slaves by raiding European coasts up to the 19th century.
EBDV TIL Vincent Li, a man who randomly stabbed beheaded and cannibalized a 22yr old passenger who was sitting on the bus next to him, was released last year.
QJ9DX TIL that the variant of the word okay - “OK” - is derivative from Martin van Buren’s nickname “Old Kinderhook” and was popularised by his rallies for the 1836 US election
M7YMa TIL President Woodrow Wilson let a flock of sheep graze on the White House lawn. They saved manpower by not having to mow the lawn while also raising $52,823 for the Red Cross through wool auctions.
E1QVP TIL that the Czech Republic celebrates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (17 Nov.) to honor two student protests against Nazis (1939) and Soviets (1989)