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TIL Denmark has the highest consumption of meat per person

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D14rV TIL one Canadian group controls 72% of the maple syrup supply in the world
9Y5Kr TIL tapeworms can give humans cancer
wodP TIL, That the DeLorean in Back To The Future, was almost going to be fridge instead.
WxO8 TIL the U.S. Army created a giant four-legged robot in 1969. Called the “walking truck,” it could lift a jeep and walk 5 MPH, but it never saw field use because the operator - who controlled each limb with one of his own - would become exhausted after just 15 minutes.
awYAo TIL of Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world at 7 feet, 9 inches. He along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple, with a combined height of 13 feet, 10.72 inches.