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TIL: That Urban Farming in the 1600s was more efficient than Green Houses of today.

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ne6nG TIL that the reason American public schools offer lunch is because of the National School Lunch Program which was born out of the concern that much of America’s youth was to malnourished to serve in the military (started in 1946)
XEdXk TIL that the barbarian king who conquered Rome in 476 was a Christian and had recognition of the Roman senate and Eastern Roman emperor
4veJ TIL: Males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.
KGdB TIL The real name of the talking paperclip in Microsoft XP was Clippit, not Clippy.
x6bX5 TIL that when pitching Bratz dolls for retailers to sell, they were only interested in purchasing the white, blonde, blue eyed doll (Cloe). The CEO of MGA Ent. refused & only accepted if all four were purchased. The dolls grossed $2 billion in sales in their first five years on the market.