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TIL a plate of bananas has been mysteriously appearing in a town in Nottinghamshire for over a year

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yQAPw TIL that the team that helped Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climb Mount Everest in 1953 numbered at nearly 400 persons. There were 350 porters, 30 Sherpas, and 13 climbers.
78GKr TIL about Arnulf Fuhrmann, who planned to make Uruguay and Argentina Nazi colonies but failed
9XxX TIL that it’s possible to grow edible radishes, peas, rye, and tomatoes from soil that is similar to dirt found on Mars.
m9gP TIL that the word Ignorant is describing a person in the state of being unaware, and is often (incorrectly) used to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard information
g9Y7 TIL that in 1971, Saddam Hussein imported 100,000 tons of grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The grain was intended for planting, but the Iraqis, unable to understand the English and Spanish warnings or the “skull and crossbones” image, baked it into bread. Hundreds died.