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TIL Kudzu is an invasive species with no natural predators that was introduced in the southern US in the 1930s to add nitrogen to depleted soil.

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QN01p TIL The University of British Columbia offers 140 sq ft (13 sq m) student "Nano" suites in order to be more affordable. The bed converts into a desk and a storage space with a clothes rail
NXXMP TIL that during the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 soldiers had to rely on tourist maps with grid lines hand-drawn on them, and use copies of The Economist magazine for intelligence as the invasion was ordered on such short notice.
0dW81 TIL An engineer named Walter "Taffy" Holden accidentally took off in a military jet without knowing how to fly it
p8kE4 TIL: Runaway truck ramp are long, sand- or gravel-filled lanes connected to a steep downhill grade section of a main road, so large trucks or buses can stop safely, when they have brake problems, through kinetic energy.
GKY5 TIL that 95% of the world’s financial transactions is speculation.