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TIL Nutella uses about 25% of the world's hazelnuts

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epdVg TIL after Surtsey volcano emerged from the sea in the 60's, it was declared a reserve to study how life expands to new territories, and only a few humans are allowed to visit with multiple precautions, including ensuring that they don't spread viable seeds in their excrement.
lKAB TIL the bear that wrestled with Will Ferrell’s body double in the movie Semi-Pro mauled and killed Stephan Miller during a routine training exercise.
0w0xM TIL that in 1966 a US Air Force B-52 bomber and a USAF tanker collided in midair, and the 4 nuclear bombs the B-52 carried fell into Southeast Spain. One of the bombs detonated, scattering plutonium all over the countryside.
Oopbe TIL that the USS Arizona and USS Utah, two ships which were both destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, still continue to leak oil over 80 years later
9YM07 TIL the best selling single (non religious) book of all time is "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, selling an estimated 500 million copies. It is also the oldest book on the list, being first published in 1605.