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TIL Adult Nile Crocodiles only require 600-1000 kcal per day, less than half the daily calorie requirements of an adult human

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x6lEB TIL the American taxpayer helped pay for Coca Cola's bottling plants worldwide so they could expand internationally during WW2
R5pla TIL that King Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots.
5Yao9 TIL that India requires voting booths within 2 km of every registered voter. This means some poll workers trek for days through mountains and jungles to reach small, remote villages, sometimes for only a single registered voter.
5KPQ TIL Tommy Wiseau used a 35mm film camera and an HD video camera side-by-side when shooting The Room because he didn’t know which format was best and couldn’t choose one.
xVBmg TIL: there is an engineering marvel in Norway. One huge platform stand on just one concrete column in the sea with 251 meters height! I just wonder how they built it till I watched this documentary about it.