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TIL that when the global food price index rises above 210 worldwide riots breakout.

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9YKpB TIL Saturn spins so quickly on its axis that the planet flattens itself out into an oblate spheroid. Seriously, you see this by eye when you look at a picture of Saturn; it looks like it was squished. It’s the rapid spinning that’s squishing it, making the equator bulge.
4Xg9a TIL in ancient Egypt, under the decree of Ptolemy II, all ships visiting the city were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria and be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner.
WkgB TIL World War III could have started on 1 July 1945 with a sudden attack against the allied Soviet troops according to a plan ordered by Winston Churchill.It was rejected later considering it was militarily unfeasible.
b91Za TIL Nurses are sometimes called sisters because in Medieval Europe, the Catholic Church provided hospital services and nuns (sisters) would serve as nurses.
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