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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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4M6R TIL The United States stands Alone With South Sudan as the Only Two Countries in the World That Have Not Signed The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Primarily Because it Forbids Execution and Life Imprisonment for Minors
7rxrp TIL a magnet powerful enough to lift an aircraft carrier is in the ITER fusion reactor core
VMBrZ TIL that during WW1, French commander Joseph Joffre employed professional car racer Georges Boillot to drive him around the conflict zone at blazing speeds.
j6V9n TIL that the difference between a roth and traditional IRA is that you contribute taxed dollars to a roth IRA and don't get taxed when you withdraw, whereas a traditional IRA is taxed with pre-taxed dollars but you get taxed in the tax bracket you're in at the time of your withdrawal.
6EEkm TIL that a group of pandas is called an Embarrassment