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TIL despite being illegal in most states, marijuana is the United States’ largest cash crop today with a value greater than that of corn and wheat combined.

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eaGL TIL that the Sanskrit word for war literally means “a desire for more cows”
M77jB TIL that the CIA's analysis of Osama bin Laden's PC found a “fairly extensive” hentai collection, a Steam account with Counter-Strike, FFVII, and Animal Crossing, as well as 28 crochet tutorial videos among 174GB of mostly-western entertainment
R5KQ7 TIL of a 4,000 year old complaint letter (in clay) about a delivery of sub-standard copper ingots.
Lkwep TIL that the Milgram Experiment, in which participants believed they were shocking people, was flawed. Many suspected that the shocks were fake. Subjects who thought they were truly shocking others were much more likely to defy the experimenter and refuse to proceed.
8a6Z4 TIL The reason Dolphins don't go into an unconscious sleep is because they would stop going up for air and suffocate.