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TIL it is estimated that it will take another 300-700 years for the land in northern France to fully recover from the impact of WWI due to the vast amount of unexploded ordnance and poisoned soil.

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grOmD TIL The Netherlands - a country below sea level - has water management elections.
kOMe4 TIL that the flavor of plants and herbs is actually a defense mechanism and they can detect the presence of Chitin (structure of insects and crustaceans) so if you grind up chitin from crustaceans and dissolve it in water and water the herbs, plants and vegetables with it they become more flavorful
8eJxK TIL the 1976 film Grizzly made over $30 million on an estimated budget of $750 000, and held the record for the most successful independent film until it was surpassed two years later by John Carpenter's Halloween.
W4Q9 TIL David Kelly, a weapons expert, was found dead in July 2003, a month after claiming that what appeared to be Iraq’s mobile weapons laboratories, were facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons. He was questioned by the parliamentary committee two days prior to his death.
mgVE TIL Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) lived long enough to shake hands with both John Quincy Adams and John F. Kennedy