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TIL that in pre-famine Ireland, the average farmer would eat between ten and fourteen pounds of potatoes a day.

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6yLZ TIL that there’s a Justice League comic in which a superhero assassinates a Saddam Hussein analogue in order to end the atrocities of his regime. His actions actually end up destabilizing the country, making the quality of life for citizens much worse than it was before. The comic came out in 1999.
xVLxk TIL The Outsiders was written by a girl in high school, because she was unsatisfied with the YA books available at the time.
LkVMm A large study conducted in three countries provides good evidence of a link between a history of vigorous physical activity and the risk of developing ALS.
x6rm5 TIL that some species of Ammonites (a prehistoric cephalopod) reached 1.8 meters in diameter and weighed close to 1500 kilograms
yVrel TIL that the famous plane hijacker known as D. B. Cooper was jokingly asked by a flight attendant on duty during the hijacking if he would give her some of his ransom money. He happily offered her some, but she declined citing the airline's policy against accepting tips from passengers.