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TIL that 95% of the world's food needs are provided by just 30 species of plants. At least 12,650 species names have been compiled as edible.

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XEBvj TIL as part of the Imperial Examination in Ming and Qing dynasty China, candidates would bring stationery, food, water, bedding and a chamber pot to be isolated with in a tiny room for 3 days and 2 nights to write essays. If any died, the bodies were simply wrapped in a mat and tossed over the wall.
ANWKn TIL The first ever "music video" was made in 1895 to test Thomas Edison's Kinetophone
Oona1 TIL of the pizza principle, which states that the price of a pizza slice will always match the price of the New York City subway fare.
X0gnQ TIL Littering can result in imprisonment of up to six years in Tennessee
QJX0p TIL- On 18th April 1930 the BBC's news announcer reported: "There is no news" and played piano music for the rest of the programme.