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TIL that Portugal produces over half the world’s cork, being home to the largest cork forest and responsible for around 60–70 % of cork exports.

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EkLV TIL one of the main reasons why industrial hemp is illegal was because Dupont had patented nylon, and wanted hemp removed as competition
mx7Bp TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.
DY0j TIL An Applebee’s in Detroit accidentally gave a 15-month old apple juice mixed with alcohol. The mom said “He was saying hi and bye to the walls.”
XELdX TIL: Post Malone once tried out for a metal core band called Crown The Empire in 2010 when he was just 15 years old. He was auditioning to be their guitar player but one of his strings broke and he did not make the band. He was in a high school band playing similar music.
woJ6o TIL that despite presumably dying in a plane crash on Oct 16, 1972, US Rep. Hale Boggs legally continued to hold the office of House Majority Leader until Jan 1973.