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TIL we could cure world hunger with just 30 billion dollars per year.

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yQRJe TIL that for a period in the 19th century, walking competitions that lasted for days was a big money spectator sport.
J1Lx1 TIL that in 2017, “Big Tobacco” companies were finally forced to air ads in the US that admitted their products were deadly and addictive. This came after 11 years of appeals by the companies to delay and weaken the nature of the ads.
d8K4j TIL Apple seeds do not produce the same apples as their parent. To keep the same flavor, apple trees must be grafted. Every Honeycrisp apple you have ever eaten has come from the same tree, just split apart.
nexW TIL the drug Scopolamine, aka “The Devil’s Breath,” is a substance so intense that it renders a person incapable of exercising free will.
1aEE8 TIL there is a chicken breed with black skin, bones, and organs!