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TIL that 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species

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VBGN4 TIL that Great Britain and Finland were the only European countries to participate in WW2 that weren't fully occupied
Xw0R TIL: Scientists fed peanut butter to jellyfish just to see if “Peanut Butter Jellyfish” could be a thing, and it did.
6lvl TIL that 23% of the crew aboard Christopher Columbus’ ship “Santa Maria” was named “Juan”.
RjV7 TIL The most corrosive acid is fluoroantimonic acid, with a pH of -31.3. It is 100,000 billion billion billion times more potent than stomach acid.
YokA TIL in India, where most marriages are arranged by parents with the couples vetted on the basis of caste, complexion, horoscope, there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes. They are called the Love Commandos.