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TIL Mexican drug cartels are fighting over a multi-billion avocado industry.

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Mr8A TIL that the 1977 University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Team was killed in a plane crash. One player didn’t make the trip due to an illness. He was killed in a car wreck 2 weeks later.
jNl0v TIL that Europe and Asia aren't actually continents, but are two parts of one large continent called Eurasia. The division between Europe and Asia is an historical social construct that originated from the Ancient Greeks.
4kBlo TIL about Neils Bohr's Gunslinger Effect, which shows that for many competing actions (like two Western gunslingers drawing a gun) the reactor acts faster than the first actor
kJ9AE TIL that George Washington ordered smallpox inoculation for all troops during the American Revolution. “we have more to dread from it than from the sword of the enemy.”
Z86RR TIL that 80's metal bands Twisted Sister and Manowar were involved in a feud. In an interview, Manowar called Twisted Sister a bunch of 'sissy boys with makeup'. Twisted Sister challenged them to a street fight at Covent Garden, but Manowar never showed up and later apologised for offending them.