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TIL in Svalbard, there is a vault containing over 800,000 seed samples to preserve the worlds food crops in case of human or natural disaster.

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ZmEG TIL in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.
7rAN7 TIL that a cooked egg has more digestible protein than a raw egg.
OoEd6 TIL that the opposite of the placebo effect is the ‘Nocebo effect’, where negative expectations reduce effects of treatment on the patient. An example is that warning patients about the side effects of drugs makes it more likely that those side effects will occur!
5Ywnr TIL: A British Navy Stoker managed to escape from a sinking submarine and get to the surface over a 100 feet up. He then swam five miles to land.
7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.