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TIL the world's supply of Brazil nuts comes almost exclusively from wild trees. Brazil nut trees can't be farmed effectively because the complex symbiotic relationships it depends on for pollination are too difficult to replicate.

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wokB7 TIL that in 1978 an entire pulp mill was shipped from Japan to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
54Ek TIL that Aron Eisenberg (47), who played Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine underwent a kidney transplant when he was a teenager, which stunted his growth at 5 feet
J1KQ8 TIL mick jagger once bought a mansion while tripping on acid
9wADM TIL That eggplants, tomatoes and avocados are botanically classified as berries but that a strawberry is not a berry at all.
nWrYW Till in 1936 a group of Imperial Japanese Army officers attempted to coup d'état Japan