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TIL that one man is responsible for saving ‘a billion lives’ by developing different strains of wheat crop, thereby averting predicted famines.

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7rB87 TIL a cow-bison hybrid is called a Beefalo.
JY644 TIL a man was arrested on a warrant in 2016 for not returning a copy of the movie “Freddy Got Fingered”. Tom Green agreed to pay his fines if they were not an “outrageous sum”
PYyyg TIL Ants sleep by taking about 250 one minute naps throughout their day. It totals just under 5 hours of sleep. This allows for 80% of their colony to be awake, working and prepared at any given moment.
9YX1Q TIL that for all but a few months from 1794 to 1977, Paris was the only French commune without a mayor. During these times, it was controlled directly by the departmental prefect, and had less autonomy than the smallest village.
KY9a4 TIL: Once upon a time, Japan had sewing machines you controlled with a Nintendo Game Boy