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TIL that one acre of hemp (grown in a single season) yields as much paper as up to 4 acres of trees.

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9YD7X TIL that garlics turn blue when pickled.
x6yWb TIL that in Greek mythology, one of the monsters that Hercules had to fight were called "Stymphalian birds." These invasive and vicious birds were made of bronze and could kill people by launching bladed feathers at them. Their poop was also poisonous.
PJKg 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”.
wKM7 TIL that Quentin Tarantino never knew his father, but his father latched on to Quentin’s fame in order to become an actor.
l7nJ5 TIL That in 1856, the revolutionary French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was sent on a mission by Napoleon III to pacify the tribes of French Algeria by showing them that 'French Magic' was stronger than that of their local religious leaders