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TIL: That Swedes and Hobbits celebrate February 30th

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R7BBa TIL 75% of the world lives off of 12 crops and 5 animals. The crops are; sugar cane, corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, cassava, tomatoes, bananas, onions, apples, and grapes. The animals are; Cattle, Chicken, Pig, Goat, and Sheep.
9YnGD TIL that there are approximately 15, 000 tonnes of gold in the ocean.
vVeK TIL “When frogs eat something bad for them, they can throw up their entire stomach. The stomach actually protrudes through their mouth and they wipe it with their right front leg.”
4ypb TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff planned a series of terrorist attacks on US cities, and wanted to blame Cuba, so they could invade it (more links in the comments).
wodb8 TIL that the creator of Kwanzaa kidnapped and tortured 2 black women by whipping them with an electrical cord, placing a hot soldering iron in their mouths, and putting one of their toes in a vise.