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TIL that thousands of cargo containers go missing each year. One contained thousands of edible Doritos packets, and another containing a 8 foot tall Lego man.

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QNbVd TIL Plants can sense light, touch, gravity, smell, sound, and even vibrations. They react using hormones and electrical signals—bending, blooming, defending, and adapting. Though brainless, they behave intelligently, responding to their environment in complex ways.
pBb TIL eggs do not need to be refrigerated unless they come from US or Canadian stores
m0yM TIL that 4 out of 10 US citizens don’t know what currency the UK uses (according to survey)
LQdx9 TIL that the inventor of the Atkins diet, Dr. Atkins, did not die from a heart disease but in fact died from complications following a head injury on April 17, 2003, after falling on a New York sidewalk.
b9bL7 TIL Sandals found in Fort Rock Cave have been dated to over 10,000 years old.