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TIL all Hass avocados (the ones bought in stores) are descendants from a single mother tree, which was grown from an unknown seed bought in California in 1926.

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AZxd TIL: There are a lot of serial killer animals in Africa, including a 20 foot crocodile that has killed as many as 300 humans.
X7Rk TIL that in 2011 after the Fukushima disaster the Russians offered a special barge designed to clean radioactive water, the Japanese turned them down and decided to go with water tanks
wpXP TIL Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin) was only 17 when Superbad was filmed. As a result, his mother had to be present during his sex scene.
d1QK TIL of the Instructions of Shuruppag, possibly the oldest decipherable document int he world. It contains such wisdom as “You should not pass judgment when you drink beer” and “Property is something to be expanded, but nothing can equal my little ones.”
R7jk9 TIL the last name 'Fart' is the 2,921,133rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 169,468,245 people. The last name Fart occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of 'Farts' live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Levant.