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TIL In Bhutan marijuana grows wild and is more common than regular grass. However, virtually no one smokes it. Instead it is the number one source of feed for pigs.

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0wV8v TIL in 1960 the US government formed a clandestine group of elite scientists called JASON. "The Jasons" meet in secret every summer and includes 11 Nobel Prize winners. Their report on the futility of tactical nuclear weapons may have saved a lot of lives during the Vietnam War.
oRxbW TIL: That children can also be affected by dementia, and that it is more common then conditions like cystic fibrosis. Affecting approximately 1 in every 2,800 babies
nedxd TIL The current owner of the "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" flying car is director Peter Jackson. He could would drive cast members of The Hobbit films around in the car while playing the main theme song through a sound system.
Zvoo TIL that Julia Child loved In-N-Out so much that she knew every location of the restaurant between Santa Barbara and San Francisco. She also had the burgers delivered to her during a hospital stay.
aZ19 TIL Flush Toilets were invented in India (Indus Valley Civilization, the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro)