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TIL: Giant Tortoises lacked a scientific name for 300 years; as sailors devoured them on return trips.

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7K4r TIL vanilla beans are the 2nd most expensive spice in the world due to a current, global vanilla bean crisis caused, in part, by a 2017 hurricane in Madagascar.
7Rmp TIL in the UK, there are road cameras that photograph cars. From the photos’ time stamp data, the average speed of any given car between two points can be calculated. Using this data, motorists can be ticketed if their average velocity exceeds the speed limit.
8aklL TIL NASA has their own SWAT Team
LWbV TIL: Adjusted for inflation Gone with the wind(1939) is the highest-grossing movie of all time.
ZpVDo TIL of lake Natron in Africa, it’s so alkaline and toxic that is slowly turns any animals or remains into stone.