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TIL caviar is so expensive because to harvest it you have to kill the host fish, which must be at least 10 years old.

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Ypra7 TIL that the British and the EIC stole nearly $45 trillion dollars from India over a period of 173 years, stalling the development of the Indian subcontinent.
WkYYo TIL a single Dutch snack restaurant holds the registered name Wendy’s since 1988 in the Benelux (=Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg), blocking American fast-food chain Wendy’s to settle in Europe, even after Wendy’s (US) went to court to try to get the trademark registration dropped.
VeyD TIL Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford were drunk in the scene where Leia and Solo arrive at Cloud City in “The Empire Strikes Back” due to partying all night into the morning with the Rolling Stones and Eric Idle.
P1A9Z TIL A breakthrough in kidney stone treatment will allow them to be expelled without invasive surgery, using a handheld device. NASA has been funding the technology for 10 years, and it's one of the last significant issues in greenlighting human travel to Mars.
JOeV TIL In June 1974, while President Nixon was on his way to a scheduled stop in Syria, Syrian fighter jets intercepted Air Force One to act as escorts. However, the Air Force One crew was not informed in advance and, as a result, took evasive action including a dive.