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TIL That the first bicycle was invented during a famine caused by a Indonesian vulcanic eruption in 1815. Horses were eaten during the famine, so there were fewer of them to be used as a means of transportation.
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TIL though Madagascar now produces 80% of the world’s vanilla, the vine is native to Mexico. The Maya were the first to cultivate it in the jungles of the Yucatan peninsular. They flavoured their chocolate drink with the spice.
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TIL that Stanley Kubrick recorded a typist hammering out “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” because he believed each typewriter key made a slightly different sound and he wanted the audio track of “The Shining” to be perfectly accurate.