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TIL that Nutella uses 25% of the world’s supply of hazelnuts.

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PObV TIL that the name Russia comes from Viking Norsemen travelled and traded using the rivers of Eastern Europe. They were called “the men who row” or “Rus’”. They later formed the Tsardom of Russia.
84Ka TIL: Donghua Li was a gymnast from China who got kicked out of the Chinese Gymnastics team after he wanted to marry a Swiss girl he met whilst recuperating from an injury. He became a naturalised citizen of Switzerland and won the gold medal in Atlanta for the pommel horse event.
nW8MG TIL about Zamor, a child who was kidnapped by British slave traders and eventually sold to King Louis XV, who gifted him to a mistress. He would later turn against her during the French Revolution, before being imprisoned himself as an accomplice.
XE0dX TIL That to calculate the position of the Voyager 1 spacecraft some 12.5 billion miles away, you only need to use the first 15 digits of the value of Pi to be accurate within 1.5 inches
WomB TIL - There is an “Edible Park” in Ashville, NC. It has over 40 different fruit and nut trees that the public is allowed to go and pick fresh fruits from.