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TIL that 90.4% of internet users don’t use Twitter.

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rGp0 TIL that in 1964 an Israeli spy convinced the Syrians to plant trees near military fortifications so that their soldiers had some shelter against the sun. The Israeli’s used those trees as targeting markers ensuring a swift victory in the Six-Day War
e0lkb TIL famous mathematician Paul Erdos was once challenged to quit taking amphetamines for one month by a concerned friend. He succeeded, but complained “You’ve showed me I’m not an addict, but I didn’t get any work done…you’ve set mathematics back a month”.
Memm TIL There is a place in Minnesota where you can drive a tank and smash cars with it.
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.
kOMe4 TIL that the flavor of plants and herbs is actually a defense mechanism and they can detect the presence of Chitin (structure of insects and crustaceans) so if you grind up chitin from crustaceans and dissolve it in water and water the herbs, plants and vegetables with it they become more flavorful