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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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MeyyW TIL that the planes (Boeing B-29 Bomber) that carried the atomic bombs in WW2 cost more to develop than the entire Manhattan project
lokw5 TIL that a large number of PlayStations are being assembled and packaged in an almost fully automated factory in Japan rather than by cheap labor in China. One PlayStation can be assembled every thirty seconds in a factory with only four people.
4XZxN TIL during the trial of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, their just-appointed lawyers joined with the prosecution and accused their own clients. The trial lasted about one hour. The Ceausescus were sentenced to death and immediately executed.
loPpN TIL A man tried to rob a bank after paying $500 to a wizard to make him invisible
wonNJ TIL of the practice of leblouh, where young girls in Mauritania are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day in order to fatten them up for marriage.