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TIL carrot leaves are edible and highly nutritious.

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nWkY TIL in Germany around 1923, banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper
gky9 TIL there’s a version of “The Tortoise and the Hare” where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone.
orN8 TIL, 90% of U.S. media: television, radio, news; is owned by only 6 corporations. One of which owns the top newspaper on 3 continents: The Wall Street Journal, The Sun, and The Australian.
Gyk7 TIL: That the N.S.A. was caught illegally conducting mass surveillance on American citizens without court authorization, or search warrants……in 1975
rNyLx TIL Bill Pullman drew inspiration from Bobby Kennedy for his famous speech as President Whitmore in "Independence Day"