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TIL Florida is a major producer of Norfolk Island pine seedlings, but it is common practice there to spray-paint the trees and some treat them as "disposable plants".

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pYJve TIL Iceland’s earliest settlers were probably Irish monks.
R7pJw TIL Dietary Iron is required for production of sleep monoamine neurotransmitters, so a lack of Iron causes severe sleep disturbances. A study showed those deficiency in Iron also had a significant increase in Anxiety and Depression.
4XV7a TIL that the creator of the Carolina Reaper (the hottest pepper in the world) claims to have unreleased peppers that are more than twice as hot.
Omka TIL that the M&M feinting Santa commercial has been airing for 20 years. The stuntman who plays Santa receives $5,000 to $10,000 for it each year.
jNONQ TIL eating fruit is healthier than drinking that fruit as a juice or smoothie because eating makes you release stomach acid and digestion hormones as well as enzymes in your saliva that break down food. This process is called the cephalic phase of digestion and drinking foods bypasses most of it.