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TIL that scientists have developed a solution to help plants grow in otherwise infertile too salty soils

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gM7x9 TIL that spontaneous "yawning orgasms" are a possible side-effect of antidepressants.
yVVkw TIL that no one really knows the origin of the scoring system in Tennis
b9y7p TIL Susan B. Anthony, although known for work for women's suffrage, was also an abolitionist: she collected anti-slavery petitions when she was 17, and in her 30's she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
j64Qa TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Prior to this, he had moved to Rome intending to be recognised as Christ by the Pope.
nYPY TIL that the rail system in Europe is so good because better rail systems mobilized armies better for WWI.