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

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Y7Xnd TIL: GPS satellites are far enough away from earth that time moves slower for them, so they are pre-corrected to compensate for relativity using Einstein's calculations.
0dGpj TIL The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes. It was all because Zanzibari Prince Khālid ibn Barghash refused to accept the British Empire’s preferred successor.
56lR TIL Isaac Newton invented calculus as fast as a college freshman class learns it
j68MM TIL that Pandas have been shown "Panda Pornography" and dosed with Viagra to encourage them to breed in captivity.
nedJB TIL The 1997 experiment at Fermilab which confirmed the existence of the tau neutrino was called DONUT (Direct observation of the nu tau)