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TIL China produces half of worldwide vegetables and 30% of fruit

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OgGX TIL that all those Facebook pages with sick kids, wounded soldiers, lost babies or puppies about to be put down are all scams making their owners thousands of dollars.
MeB8B TIL Codpiece (Middle English: cod, meaning “scrotum”), feature of 15-16th c. men’s fashion, was shaped & padded to emphasize the genital area. It became fashionable to design the codpiece to hold the penis in a position insinuating it was erect constantly—a statement of political and economic power.
yQBDw TIL there are 7,500 varieties of apples and this one is called the Pink Pearl. Known to taste like raspberry and smell like grapefruit.
d8eMj TIL Rome has been nicknamed the Cocaine Capital of the World with €1,23 billion worth of cocaine seized in 3 police operations but it was all kept on the low key to protect the image of the eternal city.
5Vn0B TIL that since 2011 the first three digits of Social Security Numbers no longer are assigned by geographic location.