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TIL Human induced evolution created today’s watermelons, growing them 1680 times the size of the original and becoming 3,3 times sweeter

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X0MlX TIL about the correct way to dispose of a tattered Canadian flag: unceremoniously burn it (if natural) or respectfully cut it apart colour-wise and put it in a garbage bag (if synthetic).
6rpY TIL before agriculture, human jaws were a perfect fit for human teeth.
YWRP TIL: Lettuce was first cultivated by the ancient Egyptians who turned it from a weed, whose seeds were used to produce oil, into a food plant grown for its succulent leaves.
loorN TIL Jon Arbuckle drank a glass of dog semen in a Garfield strip
9O1M TIL there is a US company, producing renewable oils on industrial scale, by fermenting algae.