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TIL There is a vault in the arctic that stores over 860k different varieties of food crop seeds as an insurance policy for the world’s food supply

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mv9E TIL ‘affirmative action’ in the US is known as 'positive discrimination’ in the UK.
9YnE7 TIL Aboriginal Australians have extremely intricate, multi-language 'songlines' - ancestor songs which guide/navigate them through extremely vast distances of Australian Terrain
rNJyw TIL North Korea has repeatedly attempted to dig tunnels under the DMZ that would allow a surprise attack on South Korea. Four have been found, more are believed to exist, and three are operated as tourist attractions by the South Korean government.
d81AZ TIL After Eminem made a diss on Michael Jackson in 2005, Michael responded by buying Eminem's catalogue and making money off it every time he performed.
VDd4 TIL Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died