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TIL the Moon drifts away from Earth at the same speed fingernails grow.

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b9JDp TIL: There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than anywhere else on the planet.
yQga TIL that though potatoes are native to the Americas, the majority of the world’s potatoes are grown in Asia, and that though soybeans are native to Asia, the majority of the world’s soybeans are grown in the Americas.
Z80Ko TIL there are more than 5000 companies worldwide that are older than 200 years. More than 3000 of them are located in Japan and the oldest company in the world was Kongō Gumi, a construction company in Japan, which had its origin traced back to 578 AD. It was liquidated in 2006.
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