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TIL: 8 million years ago, Venezuela was inhabited by guinea pigs the size of tables.

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v1yZj TIL that the highest paid official of the United States government is Bill Johnson, the chief executive officer of the federally owned power and utilities company, the Tennessee Valley Authority. His annual salary is $5.9 million dollars.
XrDP TIL Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
16njX TIL that there is plans of an international sporting event akin to the Olympics where participants will be allowed and encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs.
epeNL TIL Despite having possessed four colonies in Africa, Italy teaches its language in only one Eritrean school
6ZBl TIL in ‘86 a California farmer named Mike Yurosek was unhappy he was not able to sell his imperfect carrots. So he cut and shaved them into cuter versions and called them “baby-cut” carrots. Before the invention of the baby carrot, each American ate 6 lbs of carrot a year, now they eat 11 lbs.