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TIL The Netherlands (41,865 km²/12,900 sq mi; pop 17,9 mil) is the third-largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world (after the US and Brazil and before China)

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A5kB TIL that people vomit from motion sickness because the only other thing that can cause a sensory mismatch like motion sickness is a neurotoxin, so the brain tries to get rid of that “poison” the only way it knows how: by vomiting.
v1rZr TIL 15 year old American girl was killed by Saudi student studying in USA, Saudi Government helped him escape back to Kingdom. American officials look the other way. Multiple cases similar throughout country.
P1xZe TIL about AATIP. which was a secretive program run by the US Department of Defense from 2007 to 2012 that investigated reports of UFO sightings and other unexplained aerial phenomena. The program was officially declassified in 2017.
60lQ TIL when a high school in Pennsylvania issued MacBooks to its students, they remotely activated the webcams to take automatic photos of the students every 15 minutes. They took over 56,000 webcam shots before getting busted. They were sued for $610,000.
epBo6 TIL retinol was predominantly tested on black prisoners, before being marketed to consumers