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TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.

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X0OYD TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon
Z8Moo TIL a woman in china lured a 6 year old boy into a field to completely remove his eyes via gouging with an unknown implement.Police suspected cornea harvesting but this was quickly ruled out when the eyes were discovered at the scene, albeit no longer attached to his body, completely intact.
5VeKn TIL: Only 40% of Large NEOs (Near Earth Asteroids) have been identified
5Yrwr TIL About the Wick Effect, when a human body is destroyed by fire due to their clothing having soaked up melted human fat which then acts like the wick of a candle – external heat/fire sources warm the body and then ignite it. It has been touted as an explanation for spontaneous human combustion.
G5eG TIL astronomers detected building blocks of life in a planetary system some 455 light-years away