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TIL the Colony of Sacramaneto, in Uruguay, switched hands between Spain and Portugal 7 times in less than 100 years.

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oR0K TIL all the air in potato chip bags we complain about is actually Nitrogen and serves a purpose. It preserves the crispiness and provides cushion during shipping.
0O41 TIL 40% of fresh produce is wasted and not sold in stores because it “looks ugly”
ZgwR TIL that after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.
oRK17 TIL The total mass of human-made materials exceeds all living biomass
69v0Q TIL Shima Enaga, a small long-tailed bird that looks like a ball of snow