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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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Xw1D TIL Obsidian can be made into a scalpel with a cutting edge of 3 nanometers. A strand of DNA is 2.5 nm, a sheet of paper 100,000 nm
P1MVn TIL The Battle of Bamber Bridge in 1943 between black and white US troops was sparked after army MPs tried to segregate British pubs and landlords responded by banning whites.
NNLP TIL that during the attack on Pearl Harbor the USS Aylwin, with only 50% of her crew and under the command of an Ensign, made it out of the Harbor and was able to effectively engage the enemy. She remained under the command of the Ensign for over a day while she conducted combat patrols.
jNvdX TIL the summit of Mount St Helens, when it erupted in 1980, was actually private property owned by the Burlington Northern railroad. Subsequently, they donated the 650 acres of land (now a vast crater) to the US Forest Service.
Dj8j TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: “unknown compelling force”