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TIL Neil Young wrote three hit songs in one night with a 103 degree fever.

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b6vd4 TIL Eutrophication happens when fertilizer causes algae to grow like crazy in dykes (gutters) alongside agricultural land
XE6jR TIL in the card game Arboretum, tie-breakers are decided by players each planting a tree, coming back in 5 years, and seeing which one grew the tallest.
7rZKM TIL During WW2, a German air raid in Bari, Italy hit the US Navy's SS John Harvey and 1000 people were exposed to the secret cargo of 2,000 mustard gas bombs. Doctors observed that the mustard gas destroyed the white blood cells of the victims. This discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.
D1d8g TIL in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick intentionally isolated Shelley Duvall and argued with her often. Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.
WkD9L TIL that a single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto