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TIL There is growing evidence the Amazon Rainforest was actually planned and maintained by indigenous populations by improving the soil and increasing biodiversity

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JYL11 TIL that the electric chair is still a method that can be used for death row inmates in Tennessee. Inmates can decide on their own method of execution in the state. Some opt for the electric chair due to their fears of lethal injections.
Xj5R TIL After 9/11, people drove more instead of flying, resulting in an additional 1,000 fatalities since driving is more dangerous than flying.
eeRE TIL That recordings of the Civil War Rebel Yell exist and it was a rhythmic, high pitched, scream
R8w7 TIL that every Apple Macintosh from 1984 to the early 90s had Steve Jobs’s and his team’s signatures engraved on the inside of the case.
5mkP TIL the largest political party in Belgium is committed to the long-term breakup of the country