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b9w8Z TIL that Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, uses 25% of the global supply of hazelnuts
8aXV4 TIL that Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.
PYMgZ TIL of the stone money of the Yap. The stones are too large to move so buying an item involves agreeing that the ownership has changed. The transaction is recorded in oral history and no physical movement of the stone is required.
4XkgR TIL that reason weed is illegal was due to Americans not understanding that marijuana is spanish for Cannabis
6ER4m TIL that 2000 year old date seeds that were found in a historic mountainside fortress were planted in 2005 and sprouted a sapling