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TIL Astronauts threw a taco party to celebrate their first harvest of seven Hatch peppers grown on the International Space Station, part of a larger experiment in growing fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement the packaged food sent on space missions.

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4kKZJ TIL The James Bond film "Die Another Die" was boycotted in South Korea because of it's portrayal of North Korea
DWXj TIL that sea snakes are often thirsty and dehydrated; they are dependent on rainwater, which accumulates as a thin layer on the surface of the ocean.
v1k7 TIL in 1692, an impoverished widow and mother of 8 named Susannah Martin fell victim to the Salem Witch Trials and was hanged. Her great-great-great-great Grandson would become the 21st President of the US, Chester A. Arthur.
ne0PB TIL The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty, refers to the paradox that countries with an abundance of natural resources (such as fossil fuels and certain minerals), tend to have less economic growth, less democracy, and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer resources.
W75Y TIL Dementors from the Harry Potter series were inspired by J.K. Rowling’s bouts with clinical depression