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TIL Spain produces more Virgin olive oil than the rest of the world combined yet most of it is sold as Italian virgin olive oil.

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yQm4X TIL that Shirley Temple, following the end of her acting career, made an unsuccessful run for congress and later became United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia
Egd47 TIL that the Nazis had plans to establish a museum called "The Museum of an Extinct Race" that would showcase Jewish artifacts and culture as a testament to the eradication of Jewish people. Fortunately, the museum was never realized due to the Allied victory in World War II.
MjAB TIL a second is called a second because it is the second division of the hour by 60, the first being a minute.
YG7A TIL a Nearly 2,000 year old loaf of bread was found during excavations in Herculaneum, and has been recreated by The British Museum.
d8d07 TIL Living up to 5 months, Labord's chameleons are the shortest-lived land vertebrate in the world and are only found in Madagascar. Hatching at the start of the wet season, they rapidly develop into adulthood, feeding, mating, females lay eggs, then all adults die off as the dry weather returns.