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TIL that 1955, a thunderstorm in Belgium set off 40 000 pounds of buried explosives left over from the WW1 battle of Messines. Luckily, the only casualty was a single cow.

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e0E1L TIL Bird’s nest soup is considered a delicacy in China. It is made from the nests of birds called swiftlets, who make the nests using their own solidified saliva. These nests are sold at prices up to about $6,6000/kg.
XEDLk TIL Corona never paid to be in Fast and the Furious but received an estimated $15 million in free advertising.
Z8j5G TIL Plastic wrap will help slow bananas down from ripening
e7B6 TIL that Peter Popoff, a popular televangelist was caught using a wireless ear piece in which his wife would tell him information about the person he was “healing” in order to create the illusion that he was really healing people. He was exposed by James Randi in 1987 and has since been bankrupt.
vPLOB TIL some species of squid can fly up to approximately 50x the length of their own body through the air