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TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields

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awrNJ TIL that Nerf stands for, Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.
4X8dX TIL the name “California” comes from a 16th-century romance novel popular among the Spanish explorers who “discovered” the west coast.
6WgY TIL that aspartame, the artificial sweetener, is made from genetically modified E.coli poop
WkEQo TIL that besides winter hibernation, there are also species of animals that go into a state of dormancy during the dry and hot summer months. This is called aestivation.
N7KBJ TIL That Spaceballs was originally going to be titled Planet Moron, but was changed when a film titled Morons from Outer Space was released; Spaceballs, despite the assumed innuendo, was a result of needing “space” in the title and Brooks considering it one of his trademark “screwball” comedies.