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TIL It took Christopher Nolan 10 years to write Inception

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R7OVw TIL that collective punishments is a war crime, as stated in the Hague Regulations and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.
D1vlg TIL mathematicians around the world are hoarding chalk, after a factory known for making the "the Rolls Royce of chalk" for over 60 years closed in March 2015.
LkbRr TIL there are 5.6 sheep per human in New Zealand. The ratio was 15 sheep per human back in 2015 and since has been declining
69QeW TIL some male butterflies mark girl butterflies with a repulsive stench while doing sex in order to deter competing male rivals
l7Wk5 TIL that in the early 19th century, the bones of soldiers and horses from the Battle of Waterloo were used to whiten brown sugar into refined white sugar.