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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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eRZE TIL Britain went to war with Iceland 3 times in just under 20 years from 1958 - 1976, over multiple fishing disputes. These are known as the Cod Wars and only ended when Iceland threatened to close a major Nato base.
R7Em6 TIL that in World War 1, Nobel prize winning physicist Marie Curie developed mobile X-Ray stations to travel to the frontlines and assist army surgeons and preventing amputations when limbs were still intact. It's estimated that over a million wounded soldiers were x-rayed with her units.
M7GZ7 TIL Louis XIV had an elephant at Versailles, a gift from Portugal's king in 1668. The animal became part of the Ménagerie, the palace's zoo, and was fed 80 pounds of bread, 12 pints of wine, and two buckets of soup daily. It is the only African elephant recorded in Europe between 1483 and 1862.
e0MaJ TIL about Elvis' Greatest Shit, a 1982 bootleg recording album highlighting Elvis Presley's worst works.
e0VQ5 TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations