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TIL Hemp seeds contain the perfect ratio of omega-3 fatty acids to omega-6 fatty acids.

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p8Xo4 TIL about the Windows XP wallpaper. The image is called "Bliss" and it's a supposedly unedited image of a hill found on the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area. The photographer, Charles O'Rear, says he took it on his way to visit his girlfriend. Eventually in 2000, he was contacted by Microsoft
BgynD TIL Gondola, the famous boat used in Venice, was a war boat with its peculiar front used as an iron axe in naval wars to protect the Serenissima republic of Venice
enk6 TIL a museum in Boston has not removed empty frames of stolen paintings from the walls after an art theft in 1990. The art stolen is worth 500 million, the largest property theft ever.
en8k TIL That Sesame Street South Africa has a Muppet who is HIV+ in order to teach kids the dangers and how to cope with the lost of family members to the STD
d8APd TIL that windshields have an SPF of 50, better than most sunscreens.