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TIL that there's a museum in Japan that's dedicated to rocks that look like human faces!

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akGM TIL People have historically used about 7,000 plant species for their food. Today, only about 30 crops provide 95% of human food energy needs.
R5oyQ TIL about the British submarine E31 which in WW1 fired the final shots that brought down German Zeppelin LZ 32
VMEmp TIL Transformers: The Last Knight has aspect ratio changes throughout the film, often randomly, mid-scene and between shots. The film's trailer itself includes shots of 8 different ratios.
bokN TIL That Hybristophilia, the sexual arousal and orgasmic response to having sex with murderers and serial killers, “occurs almost exclusively in Women”, making it unlike most other paraphilias.
E16Nw TIL the United States anticipated so many casualties in the planned invasion of Japan during WW2, that it is still awarding Purple Hearts originally manufactured during the war and intended for troops of that invasion.