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TIL that the best selling item at Wal-Marts are bananas

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7yQp TIL that during the filming of “Schindler’s list”, Robin Williams would often call Steven Spielberg to cheer him up, given the profound lack of humor on set
rRjNM TIL about a lightweight and low-cost “brick” that is made of recycled plastic and sand that is stronger than concrete material. It was created by an engineer in Kenya named Nzambi Matee
E1Z0p TIL the avocado industry in Mexico is so big that the Mexican cartel for years took over farms through extortion. But the city of Tancítaro, the world capital of avocado production, took back their farms back by arming their citizens, building their own police, and bulletproofing their trucks.
JYRK8 TIL Dolly Parton's father never learned to read, so 22 years ago she started a program to mail free books to young children. That program now sends out over 1.1 million books per month and is closing in on 100 million books total
PYxdJ TIL Ocho de Plata, the Spanish Dollar, was the first legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. In fact, equity shares were still quoted in eighths of a dollar until 2001; this was a legacy from the coin’s divisibility by 8, since each Spanish Dollar was worth 8 reales.