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TIL that Belgium produces an amazing 220,000 tons of chocolate per year, and that the Brussels International Airport is one of the world’s largest selling points of chocolate.

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D1MeV TIL future Martian settlements will likely be set up inside Mars' large lava tubes. These tubes are effectively caverns with roofs tens of meters thick and with stable ambient temperature. They would protect human settlers and human technology from the extreme conditions that exist on the surface.
yQOXe TIL modern studies do not show any association between saturated fat and higher risk of death for any reason (cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) but they do show up to a 34% increase in death associated with unsaturated industrial plant oil-based fats such as margarine
nWamd TIL about Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who introduced the concept of 'Panta Rhei' (everything flows) and famously stated 'One cannot step twice in the same river.' His philosophical stance emphasized the constant flux and transformation in the universe.
wooWP TIL Stephen Gough, "Naked Rambler", walked the length of the UK naked. He attempted to do it again in 2005 and 2006 but was arrested, and has spent much of the intervening years in prison, having been repeatedly arrested for public nudity.
b9RgZ TIL on February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith joined forces to create their own film studio, which they called the United Artists Corporation.