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TIL that dragon fruit grow on cacti

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NwYN TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.
xVjbo TIL about an Australian Aboriginal language that uses direction (north, south, east, west) instead of left and right; the standard greeting is "where are you going?" to keep everyone completely oriented.
GwpN TIL New York City has undercover police cars that look just like yellow cabs, used for everything from catching minor traffic violations to intelligence gathering
P1jGO TIL that elemental mercury (quicksilver) poses few toxic consequences when ingested, whereas metallic mercury vapour is highly toxic to the central nervous system
eA66 TIL Marie Antoinette’s last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it”, to her executioner, whose foot she had accidentally stepped on after climbing the scaffold to the guillotine. Also, her body was thrown into an unmarked grave.