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TIL the last letter George Harrison wrote in his life was to Mike Myers to tell him how much he enjoyed Austin Powers

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Xgnr TIL asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day, and a farmer can harvest spears more than once a day from the same plant.
p6Be TIL Aspartame – a common artificial sweeter in soft drinks – is one of the most rigorously tested food ingredients to date. Scientists have found no link between regular Aspartame consumption and cancer.
OG0Ra TIL that Spider Lake Provincial Park is the smallest national park in Canada
m1ddR TIL in 1995, a man was convicted by a court in France for the murder of a teenage girl. However, he fleeing to Germany. In 2009, the father of the victim organized a team to abduct the killer from Germany and deliver him to a French courthouse, where he was finally sentenced to 15 years in prison.
QNJvk TIL that the US military developed nuclear warheads meant to destroy other incoming nuclear warheads. The small 150 lbs warhead would send a neutron flux that would disable any other incoming warhead. Essentially, they would nuke their airspace to prevent another explosion a thousand times larger.