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TIL that Russia will provide you with a free football pitch-sized tract of land in its Far East to settle upon and start your own farm or business. After 5 years, you will be given Russian citizenship.

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EgOEo TIL about transgenerational obesogens - substances which when consumed by pregnant people, will have lifelong effects of predisposing that future child to obesity by altering adipogenesis
MelEb TIL that the face of Max Payne in the original game is one of it's writers - Sami Antero Järvi, a Finnish game writer/actor and Remedy's creative director.
VMxx4 TIL the first female admiral in the modern world was Keumalahayati from Aceh Sultanate (now part of Indonesia) in Southeast Asia. She led their defense against the Dutch Navy attacks that killed Cornelis de Houtman in September 1599, who commanded the first Dutch Expedition to East Indies.
9YPRG TIL the Sirius star system is visible with the naked eye in the daytime sky given the right conditions
l7X7K TIL Water lilies grow up from the bottom of the pond like normal plants.