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TIL Broccolini was developed in the 1990’s

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VNOB TIL on the most remote island in the world, Bouvet Island, there is an unexplained abandoned boat left near one of the shores
pm5e TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid) spent most of his early years in hospitals, where he was told he would never walk. Following surgery at age 11, he learned to walk; as soon as he walked out of the hospital, an FBI agent escorted him to his family… in an internment camp.
d89ZQ TIL that even though only 10% of the mass of a galaxy cluster is due to conventional matter, only 1% is due to stars and galaxies themselves. The majority of the visible matter in a cluster is a sparse plasma.
KYGkB TIL that domain of Saudi Binladin Group's Internet domain name, "saudi-binladin-group.com", was registered on September 11, 2000, for one year, expiring on the same day as the September 11 attacks. The group was founded by Muhammad bin Ladin, father of Osama bin laden.
PYYXZ TIL if everyone in the world lived an American lifestyle, it would require four Earths to sustain that level of consumption. I'm pretty sure that this remarkable guide about sustainable living is almost unknown, lost in the sea of Internet information, however, I've found it inspiring.