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TIL that the world needs topsoil to grow 95% of crops, and we may run out of topsoil within the next 60 years.

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8w0X TIL Wing Commander threw an error message whenever it was closed. Instead of fixing the error, a developer edited the error message to read “Thank you for playing Wing Commander.”
78o47 TIL that in Austria, Americans can go to any McDonald's to get in touch with the U.S. embassy if they need help. This was established under a new partnership between McDonald's locations in Austria and the U.S. Embassy in Vienna
yVdVp TIL There is a park in Amsterdam called Vondelpark where adults were legally allowed to have sex in the park, as long as they took their garbage with them afterwards and never had intercourse near the playground. Sexual activities were to be limited to the evening hours and night.
LQ0Am TIL In 1943, due to both teams losing a large number of players to military service in World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged and thus created the Steagles. They ended with a winning season of 5-4-1.
5VgP TIL there´s a hugely popular reality show in China that interviews death row prisoners moments before their execution