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TIL that in order to legally busk in the Paris Metro, musicians have to successfully audition before a jury and qualify for one of the 250 to 300 licences handed out.

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R759Q TIL Jurrasic Park's T-Rex was almost as dangerous as a real one (and almost killed someone).
dPAZ TIL Bhutan is the only country in the world that is carbon negative; it emits 1.5 million tonnes of carbon a year while its forests absorb 6 million.
oR1gE TIL of Kenkanryu (Hatred of the Korean wave), an anti-Korean manga released in 2005 by a Japanese nationalist criticising controversial Korean-Japan issues including comfort women, Liancourt rocks etc. from a pro-Japan perspective
9wJlQ TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online
jNmGN TIL: Plastic bags were created to be reusable to reduce waste and save the planet, saving trees from being chopped down for paper bags