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TIL Farmers need 214 liters of water to grow 1 kg of tomatoes. The Dutch use only 4 liters and are the 2nd largest exporter of food in the world.

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KOG8J TIL A tablespoonful of neutron star placed on Earth's surface would weigh as much as Mount Everest (whereas a tablespoonful of the Sun would weigh about 5 pounds). If the neutron star sample suddenly appeared on Earth, it would cause a giant explosion, vaporizing a good chunk of our planet with it.
rEDx TIL that in 1946, a four year old Australian boy was flown to San Francisco to receive cancer treatment. Instead, he got caught in a Manhattan Project experiment and was injected with plutonium. He died one year later.
9YrBM TIL of plans for a Gregg Allman biopic but was cancelled after one day of filming. While on a railroad trestle bridge illegally, a train struck several crew members, killing one. The director plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison and eight years probation.
neDDY TIL children’s writer and cartoonist Shel Silverstein worked for Playboy Magazine in the 1960’s
6EJyl TIL of the devastation of Sandby Borg. It was the scene of a massacre in the late 5th century AD. The victims of the massacre were never buried but are found lying as they fell, inside the houses and scattered on the streets of the fort. The site was never occupied again.