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TIL of a farm in South Australia that is solar-powered and uses no fresh water. Opened in 2010, the world-first farm uses desalinated water and sunlight to produce around 15,000 tonnes of tomatoes a year.

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yAkX TIL former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was a sexual maniac who nicknamed his penis “Jumbo” and he would often urinate in public. If anyone confronted him while doing so, he would turn around and say “have you ever seen anything as big as this?”
Zk6B TIL the founder of Macy’s, Rowland Hussey, who was a Quaker, is credited with inventing the price tag. Quakers believed it was immoral to barter - charging people different prices for the same product. Also, price tags made it easier to expand and quickly hire new sales people.
x6777 TIL Peter the Great instituted a beard tax and forced people to shave who hadn’t paid
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4kr6b TIL flautist Björn J:son Lindh's middle name with a colon (:) originates from "Jansson", and was in approved in 2009 by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.