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TIL pistachio shells take several years to decompose

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NXBWQ TIL eyewitness sketches aren't solely based on verbal descriptions. They are compiled using an "identikit", or a stock library of facial features (eyes, noses, etc.). The witness picks out the closest match for each feature which is then assembled into a more coherent image.
PY1eJ TIL J.K Rowling invented Quidditch while in a pub.
Yr1Z TIL that as of 2016, just 49.3% of the world population lived in countries with some form of fair and free elections, and only 4.5% could be said to be living in a full democracy.
j6N8R TIL Before telescopes, Chinese astronomers in the Song dynasty made naked eye observations of solar phenomena during sunrises/sunsets or through clouds. It was recorded on 11 January CE 1077, in the sun were black spots as large as plums
Lkn9 TIL Stephen Colbert net worth is 45 million and has a 4 million annual salary.