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TIL asparagus takes 3 years to grow from seed to harvest.

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p8Rj8 TIL of a poodle that fell 13 stories, hitting and killing and elderly woman. A second woman was killed after a bus hit her as she came to see the incident, and a man died of a heart attack after witnessing the events.
o4yR TIL that one Korean soldier during WWII fought for three Armies.In 1938 he was conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army.He was captured by the Soviet Red Army and forced into service in 1942.In 1943,captured again and forced to fight for the Wehrmacht. Finally, he was captured by US Army in 1944.
e0Ry4 TIL that Kid President has brittle bone disease and is a motivational speaker because he wants to make the world a better place before he dies at an early age
b9xn9 TIL that young girls in Cameroon would forcefully flatten their breasts, so they wouldn't be sexually harassed or sold off to marriage by their fathers, as men in Cameroon associate breast growth with sexual maturity and consent.
Jo1l TIL In the 2013 American Cheese Competition, only one cheese was entered in the Dry Jack category, it came in THIRD! The judges chose to not award first or second.