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TIL that Canada produces over half of the world's lentils.

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VMn90 TIL that tigers are the most revenge-seeking animals on Earth.
Lk4Nr TIL that there is a rare condition called tetrachromacy, which allows some people, mostly women, to see 100 million different colors, due to having four color receptors. This is far more than the 1 million shades normal people can see with their 3 color receptors.
7JlM TIL A Russian company won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 for developing a method to turn military explosives into nanodiamonds. These nanodiamonds can be used as light beacons for cancer treatment.
epML TIL rock pioneer of the 1950/60’s, Chuck Berry, still performs live today, at the age of 85
El8W TIL That JRR Tolkien had such a fascination with finland and its kalevala (an old book of poetry and songs) that he based his elvish language off of finnish principles and grammar, as well as wrote his most famous works after the kalevala’s influence on him.