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TIL that despite its close association with Argentina, Brazil is the largest producer of Yerba-maté in the world

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kOgAe TIL that the village of Ivujivik, Quebec, 2,000 km (1200 miles) north of Montreal, is the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province.
bVla TIL that on average, individuals with serious mental illness die 25 years earlier than the general population.
kr77 TIL: The densest wood in the world Lignum Vitae is also self lubricating, it’s been used for hundreds of years on ships, and was used for the main shaft bearings on the first Nuclear Submarine in 1955.
NXxOQ TIL that Chindōgu is the practice of inventing gadgets which serve a purpose but are impractical or silly. A term coined by Kenji Kawakami with some early Chindōgu including a toilet roll dispenser you wear on your head for hay fever sufferers and glasses with inbuilt funnels for eyedrop application
X0LoD TIL the NWO theme song was a mashup of Jimi Hendrix samples