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TIL that China alone accounts for over 90% of global spinach production

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0dbx5 TIL Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by Ian Fleming, who is best known for creating James Bond
gMpa4 TIL: That hops and cannabis are closely related
eny6 TIL a man was stopped at an airport because he was suspected of carrying a weapon, upon further inspection it was actually his abnormally large penis.
7rQJb TIL about the Holomodor, a man-made famine in 1930s Ukraine that killed up to 12 million ethnic Ukrainians. Some scholars believe that the famine was planned by Joseph Stalin to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement.
d8lM7 TIL In northern Thailand, a conservationist named Richard Lair put together the Thai Elephant Orchestra, in which 16 elephants play specially developed instruments like steel drums and even harmonicas.