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TIL 90% of the world's star anise crop is used for making Tamiflu

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W5lX TIL a common Shrew’s metabolism is so high, it could starve to death in mere hours
69vnY TIL Avril Lavigne recorded the chorus of "Girlfriend" in seven different languages to appeal to foreign markets. It was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Mandarin, as well as a version in Hindi that was ultimately scrapped
KOYja TIL Baltimore Oriole groundskeeper, Pat Santerone had a competition with Manager Earl Weaver to see who could grow bigger tomatoes. They grew the tomatoes in a plot near the left field foul line.
OLk4 TIL about the underwater signal Upsweep, a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds strong enough to be recorded throughout the entire Pacific. It’s origin is still unknown.
Kdn4 TIL: Today I learned that the new British citizenship test demands knowledge of Monty Python and the Beatles