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TIL that Over 50 percent of the world's population relies on rice for 80 percent of it's food requirements

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vvK7 TIL To help win Egypt, Napoleon considered converting himself and his army to Islam, but decided against it because the French troops wouldn’t stand for abstinence from alcohol. Pg.140
wL9EP TIL that there is only one preserved helmet from the Viking age and it does not have horns. It was found in a Norwegian warrior’s grave north of Oslo, together with the only complete suit of chain mail from the period.
v1nRr TIL that there are no commercial king crab farming operations because, in part, these crabs go through a violently cannibalistic adolescence and have to be housed individually to survive it, which is too expensive large scale.
XX1P TIL there is a species of mite that lives on your face that has no Anus and collects poo throughout its life, when it dies it “explodes” with waste
E1480 TIL Hugh Jackman started his own coffee brand and foundation called "Laughing Man" after meeting a struggling coffee farmer in Ethiopia. His goal was to provide a marketplace for farmers in developing countries to sell their goods for a fair price. Jackman donates 100% of profits.