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TIL that Europeans used to rent pineapples to display as status symbols

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6oyQ TIL the transmission of power via ropes and pulleys is more efficient than transmission by electricity up to a distance of several miles.
yQdgV TIL That after he was knighted, Terry Pratchett made a sword for himself, partially out of meteorites. He wanted to equip himself for his new status. With the help of a friend, He gathered the ore from a field near his home and smelted it in a makeshift kiln. He then took the bars to a blacksmith.
e09aJ TIL India is the world’s largest milk producer, with 22 percent of global production, followed by the United States of America, China, Pakistan and Brazil
y1Qw TIL that a 59-year-old man entered a hospital complaining of chest pains, and was found to have a three-chambered reptilian heart, as opposed to a four-chambered mammalian one.
10D7 TIL Connect Four is a solved game. The first player can always win by playing the right moves.