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TIL 450 Tasmanian opium farmers supply approximately 50% of the world's opium used in painkillers

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wLVP8 TIL that microwaving grapes will cause them to produce and discharge plasma.
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VMV98 TIL that Chernobyl firefighter Vladimir Pravik's eyes are believed to have changed from brown to blue due to the radiation exposure