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TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.

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8ay9b TIL that the true origin(s) of the phrase "Bleeding-Heart Liberal" was a direct insult to people that opposed lynchings and drafted legislation to be more aggressively against it.
gM0PA TIL Harry R. Truman refused to leave his lodge at the base of Mount St. Helens in Washington state despite evacuation orders due to its seismic activity, saying to reporters "If the mountain goes, I'm going with it." He was killed by the pyroclastic flow from the eruption on May 18th, 1980.
YpxZZ TIL about Stella, a dog who communicates with her owners using a sound board preprogrammed with her favourite words. Recently her “beach” button broke, so she instead used the buttons for “water” “outside” and “help” to communicate that she wanted to press the beach button and couldn’t.
BWlx TIL the record for most weight gained by an actor for a movie is held by Vincent D'Onofrio when he gained 70 pounds for his role of Private Pyle in Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket
m1wdy TIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She went on to work in circuses until her death in 1989.