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TIL there are officially 65,486 Jedi in Australia
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TIL Mexican shamans began to use Coca-Cola in their religious rituals to heal worshippers. When Pepsi discovered this, they offered commissions to shamans to use Pepsi instead. When Coke began paying too, rival religious groups were formed based on which soft drink they used.
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TIL Virtually nobody in the middle ages believed that the world was flat
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TIL - A symbiotic fungus can turn regular pine trees into carnivorous plants that consume up to 90% of soil-dwelling insects the fungus-infected roots can reach for their nitrogen, which the trees use for growth
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TIL 100 years ago the Battle of Messines began with the detonation of 19 mines under German front lines which killed 10,000 troops in 20 seconds, considered the deadliest non-nuclear, man-made explosion in history.
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TIL heavy multitaskers have a reduced memory according to a Stanford psychologist