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TIL a biologist named Norman Borlaug developed a new disease-resistant strain of wheat modified to triple its yield. He is credited with saving 1 billion lives in India and won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize.

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p8gZO TIL That Over Two Thirds of All Los Angeles Rentals Are Now Owned by Investment Corporations
PLJg TIL, one man, Stanislav Petrov, effectively saved the world from nuclear war by not telling his superiors of his system reporting a nuclear attack by the US. The system had malfunctioned.
x6ERB TIL the mayflower ship is believed to have been scrapped for timber and assembled into a barn in Buckinghamshire, England
O1dR TIL of the last Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird, who was recorded singing a mating call to a female that would never come. It died in 1987.
XEjpk TIL about Pierre Levegh, who attempted to drive the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1952 all by himself. He held a 4-lap lead after 23 hours, but over-revved his engine by breaking a connecting rod, causing him to lose his lead in the final hour.