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TIL the net contribution of the world's oxygen by forests is zero. The real 'lungs of the earth' are phytoplankton living in the oceans.

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8eY74 TIL after a woman put $40 into a lottery vending machine with the intention of buying multiple cheaper tickets, "some rude person" bumped into her & caused her to accidentally select a $30 ticket. She was annoyed until she started scratching that ticket & realized she'd won the $10 million jackpot.
xgJB TIL the actor who play Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films went to prison for taking part in the 2011 London riots and for growing weed.
P1Ake TIL Forecast (relating to Weather) is an invented word in 1850's by Admiral Robert FitzRoy, who also captained HMS Beagle during Darwin's voyages. The concept of a weather forecast was met with amusement and some of the earliest users were people betting on horse races
Kywa TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson was a undefeated high school wrestling captain and wrestled for Harvard.
NVWN TIL that “James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher” is a grammatically correct sentence in English.