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TIL of the Haber–Bosch process developed in the 20th century - the process produces 450 million tonnes of nitrogen fertilizer per year now & has allowed to global population to grow from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7 billion today

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m1kgE TIL The Trojan Horse story likely never happened, and was instead a creative misunderstanding of an actual historical use of a siege engine.
xVD80 TIL: The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled
kJdlB TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time. When we sleep in a new place, our brains are actually in survival mode, only turning half off, with one hemisphere remaining more “awake” than the other
16bdP TIL that the Nut Island effect is a behaviour phenomenon where teams of talented employees become isolated from managers, thus leading to a loss of ability to complete a task or a key function.
0gB5 TIL cats developed meowing almost exclusively for humans