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TIL Human urine is actually beneficial to plants and can be used as a natural fertilizer because of its composition of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.

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Bwpy TIL in an effort to deter nuclear warfare, Robert Fisher suggested the nuclear codes be placed in the chest cavity of a Presidential aid. The president would have to physically take a life in order to use nuclear weapons.
AD9ba TIL of Cahkoia, a great Native American city near current day St Louis, which had a population in 1250 AD bigger than London
GYxp4 TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.
yVvmJ TIL A Minnesota burglar named Nicholas Wig was caught after he logged into his own Facebook account on a computer in the house he was robbing. The homeowner returned to find his account still logged in.
AD4Lg TIL that the Nazi Germany Parliament was derisively referred to by Germans as the "the most expensive singing club in Germany", since it couldn't do much other than sing the National Anthem during its sessions.