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TIL 80% of the world's vanilla is grown on a single island

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vPgJL TIL Crispin Glover did not reprise his role as George McFly in Back to the Future II and filed a lawsuit that created new rules for use of likeness with the SAG
vP6Vj Today I Learned that male Spiders eat females too.
QJOda TIL that Mount Etna's summit is the only point on Earth save for the South Pole where more than 10 territories meet, 11 do: the towns of Adrano, Biancavilla, Belpasso, Castiglione di Sicilia, Maletto, Nicolosi, Randazzo, Sant'Alfio, Zafferana Etnea and Bronte, which touches the summit from 2 sides.
JYQO1 TIL The Simpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” was a backdoor pilot for a proposed series. 'Tales from Springfield' would have told three different short stories per week, focusing on secondary characters and telling stories about the Simpsons family members’ past or future.
nrDB TIL that upon leaving office, President Harry S Truman chose not to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the nation’s highest office.