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TIL Archimedes stated the diameter of the sun is about thirty-times the diameter of the moon and not larger and the earlier astronomers Eudoxus declared the sun about 9x larger than moon

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Eyxo TIL scientists in Antarctica have set up a rugby pitch to play on when they want to relax. They have set up teams of American and New Zealand researchers to compete each year for the Ross Island Cup, which New Zealand have won 26 years in a row.
wnxJ TIL that despite its small size (41,543 sq. km, 134th in the world) and high population density (406 per sq. km, 24th in the world), the Netherlands is the number two exporter of food and agricultural products in the entire world, after only the United States.
j6PyX TIL Eating overcooked/burnt food doesn't have an established/quantitative link to increased cancer risk, contrary to what many of us have heard, since childhood. On the contrary, processed foods like bacon or salami increase the risk, regardless of how they're cooked
J1Bgl TIL that, according to the FAO, an estimated 119.337.929.000 chickens were slaughtered worldwide in 2021.
69A1m TIL Kiwis are the smallest of the flightless bird group, ratites. However, their eggs are the largest relative to body weight of any existing bird. To put this into perspective, the average kiwi weighs just 2500g and an average kiwi egg weighs a massive 371g. This is 15% of a kiwi’s body weight.