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TIL France consumes around 16000 tons of snails a year!

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r9O0 TIL the Berlin Wall was torn down by mistakenly-empowered citizens after an East German spokesman misspoke at a press conference and mentioned immediate border crossing privileges for every citizen.
L8YQ TIL Alabama has one of the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and is known as “America’s Amazon”.
e0Dag TIL that the Royal Society invested so heavily in the publication of The History of Fish that it almost went bankrupt and couldn't fund the publication of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking work Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
lok6B TIL In the 1960s, to keep the workforce fresh-faced and energetic, flight attendants were expected to retire by age 32.
QNWQX TIL of Mills Darden whose confirmed height was 7’6 (229 cm) and weighed around 860-1,020 lbs (390 to 460 kg). He was capable of tossing 500-pound (230 kg) piles of hay with ease and single-handedly carried 12 feed sacks (1200lb, 544kg, 85 stone) over 1.2 miles (1.9 km).