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TIL that Nutella is such a worldwide success, it uses about a quarter of the WHOLE world's hazelnut supply every year

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PdxO TIL limpet teeth are the strongest biological material on the planet and are stronger then Kevlar .
yVjBp TIL that the town of Ludowici, Georgia was designated as a "speed trap." The town police would manipulate the timing of the traffic signal downtown and ticket out-of-town motorists for running red lights. This behavior later ceased once the town was bypassed by I-95.
b9BlN TIL that birds can see the Earth's magnetic field due to the presence of a protein in their retina called Cryptochrome(Cryp4)
Y7XQd TIL about the Ice cream barge, a WWII ship entirely devoted to making ice cream
ADoZg TIL Nicolas Cage once donated $2 million to Amnesty International for them to use to offer rehabilitation shelters, medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the 300,000 children forced to fight in conflicts across the world.