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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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6Eabw TIL There are now 2 operational space stations above Earth. China expedited their program when NASA denied cooperation with the ISS in 2011. China launched their first manned crew to Tiangong in June 2021, and second in September.
7WVp TIL, the passenger pigeon went from one of the most abundant animals in the world, with flocks that would blacken the sky, to extinct in a little more than a century.
mdBR TIL in South Korea, earning an Olympic Medal means you avoid a mandatory two-year military service.
R7x41 TIL Bishop John Atherton Was The First Person To Be Tried And Executed Under An Anti-Sodomy Law He Had Helped Institute.
GYW91 TIL that in the 1908 London Olympics, the Russian team arrived 12 days late and missed their most favoured event because they were still following the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar.