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TIL that Nutella uses 25% of the worlds hazelnuts.

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wLlxY TIL Although there is currently no drug proven to make someone tell the truth, some countries like Russia, Canada, and India use truth serums.
KO0JJ TIL that although it is commonly shown in medical dramas, you do not shock someone with a flatline. You only use defibrillators on people with ventricular fibrillation, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (heart beats out of rhythm or heart beats that are really fast and out of sync)
kGQg TIL that EHarmony.com rejects thousands of would-be subscribers who indicate they are depressed or have addiction problems.
VMNY0 TIL that Enrico Fermi estimated the energy released by first atom bomb (Trinity test at Manhattan Project) by dropping small pieces of paper before, during, and after the passage of the blast wave and measuring their displacement. His estimate of 10 kilotons was pretty close to actual value of 21.
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