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TIL that the word “she” only appears once in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”

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LagZ TIL in 2012, Greenpeace convinced the Zambian government that it was better to let people starve to death rather than distribute golden rice, during a famine. Thus causing greater use of pesticide and unnecessary deaths
BrQoy TIL that at WWII, Brazil was fighting alongside the Allies in Italy. Three Brazilian soldiers fought against a large German party until running out of o ammo and dying. When the Germans discovered they were only three soldiers, they buried them and added the inscription: "To three Brazilian heroes"
vP4OR TIL that Hugo Boss used to make uniforms for the Nazis
XEvpD TIL that Bert Lahr's "Cowardly Lion" costume in The Wizard of Oz was made from real lion skin
p8xwQ TIL Disney Epcot regularly grows lemons the size of milk jugs