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TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.

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D104P TIL up until the tail-end of the 18th century, tomatoes were considered poisonous, and nicknamed the “poisonous apple.” It wasn’t until 1820, when Colonel Robert Johnson ate an entire basket of the fruit, that those myths were proven false
p8l0Q TIL that Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold at auction for the then record price of $82 million in 1990. Since then it has not been seen in public. Its Japanese buyer threatened to have it burnt with his cremation but it is now believed to be owned by a collector in Switzerland.
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V0eZ TIL the inventor of the land mine detector - Polish Lieutenant Józef Kosacki - didn’t patent his invention, instead deciding to gift it to the British Army in 1941.
wLrRW TIL that excessive lurking on Facebook can negatively impact people's emotional well being and their satisfaction with life