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TIL That Saffron is literally worth its weight in gold

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W7D9o TIL Venezuela has by far the biggest proven oil reserves in the world, but produces ~10x less oil per day than the country in second place by proven oil reserves (Saudi Arabia)
AN1Nx TIL I can still send and receive texts with cellular data off
4kMDa TIL: Atlanta is known as the “City in a Forest” for the most heavily forested urban area in the country”. Tree canopy covers 47.9% of Atlanta
78ZPx TIL that the horror cliché of zombies eating brains dates back to the 1985 horror-comedy film “Return of the Living Dead”, in which the zombies didn’t eat brains out of hunger, but instead because it eased the "pain" of being a zombie.
ogER TIL “Rope a dope” is a boxing technique where you allow your opponent to punch you heavily against the ropes, tiring them out. The ropes absorb most of the impact of the punches.