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TIL that Stephen Fry is the only person alive who knows why Douglas Adams chose 42 as the answer to “Life, the Universe and Everything”

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oR5xW TIL that prehistoric humans in the Indo-Burma region engaged in turtle and tortoise farming, and are thought to have spread the elongated tortoise beyond its natural range due to using the species as a food source.
d8nx8 TIL that all major categories of tea, e.g. green, white, black, come from the same plant and that varieties such as Assam or Ceylon differ only because of the region in which they're grown (from which they take their name).
R7WEj TIL the massive changes in the population and wealth of Europe caused by the Black Death was one of the reasons the Renaissance happened.