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TIL Baby carrots are shaped from irregulars and their invention reduced loss by as much as 70% in some crops

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Bg8Qy TIL that there ist an ongoing armed conflict in West Papua since 1963 with at least 100,000 deaths
5Ypvn TIL The alto clarinet is considered an endangered species of the American band. Music publishers, composers do not include or write parts for alto clarinet and a musician from Alaska believes he is the only professional player in a long time to play it seriously as a chamber and solo instrument
b6OLj TIL The famous musician Sir Paul McCartney can neither read or write music
Yp4MP TIL Horses can roll over on their backs without suffocating like a turtle
lVAA TIL, In WW1, American soldiers who were skilled at trap shooting were armed with shotguns and stationed where they could fire at enemy hand grenades in midair.