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MepDa TIL In the early 1930s one of the measures enacted by Brazil to alleviate the economic impact from the great depression was "Quota do sacrifício" [or Quota of Sacrifice] where the government ordered farmers to collect all coffee, pile it up and light it on fire.
kOdwg TIL NASA gets no money from companies using their name or logo to sell products.
7rKbZ TIL Latvia's symbol of national identity is a rare breed of cow with light blue or dark ultramarine hides, dark meat and produce very little milk. Under Soviet times, the cow was considered useless and tried to breed other cow breeds to replace it, nearly driving the blue cow to extinction.
BgxZb TIL that when the code-breakers at Bletchley Park were short of cribs, they would ask the RAF to mine specific areas of the North Sea, so that they could look for the name of the area and the word “mine” in subsequent German naval reports. This was known as “Gardening”.
wopyo TIL you can reduce the levels of forever chemicals (PFAS) in your blood through blood/plasma donations