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TIL there are pizza farms where all the ingredients to make the pizza they sell is grown on the farm.

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N0mJ TIL scientists are researching a chemical/drug that dramatically reduces alcohol/BAC levels in the blood, which has the potential to be used to sober people up in a very short time.
5Orn TIL Brian Eno (U2, David Bowie, Coldplay) composed the start up sound for Windows 95
R7RB1 TIL that SAS veteran Bob Curry used a sledgehammer to break a window of the Iranian Embassy in 1980 after an explosive charge failed to go off. He then (with the help of his team) rescued 25 of the 26 hostages held in the building.
GYBlE TIL that it is not allowed to be buried in Svalbard. Due to the permafrost, the bodies do not decompose, and any viruses or diseases they are carrying are also preserved. If the permafrost melts, the bodies can be pushed out the ground, where it is possible to infect people again.
nEyr TIL some animals commit suicide because a parasite is “Brain-Jacking” them. One example is Acanthocephala, which infects crustaceans, and forces them to swim to the water’s surface so they’re eaten by ducks.