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TIL Potatoes were associated with witchcraft and devil worship in 1600s

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8epbL TIL Dutch artist Francis Alÿs pushed a block of ice around Mexico City for 9 hours to symbolize the frustration that everyday residents of Mexico City endure in an effort to improve their living conditions
dDk8j TIL A town in Norway has a "seed bank" that stores over 1M seeds from all over the world in case of a nuclear event or any other global catastrophe
YpDLG TIL that the Powerball drawing on March 30, 2005, produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The total payout was $19.4 million, 89 of them receiving $100,000 each, while the other 21 received $500,000 each. All 110 winners had played numbers from fortune cookies made by Wonton Food Inc
69PRw TIL that an estimated 1 of every 8 workers in the USA has at some point been employed by McDonald's
OGJX1 TIL of Lei Tai. An Ancient Chinese form of Gladiatorial Combat/Entertainment where a local champion fighter builds a stage in the town square and invites anyone to knock him off the stage using any unarmed martial art. The winner then gets to "own" the stage, and issues a similar challenge as well.