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TIL Ferrero uses a quarter of the worlds hazelnuts making Nutella.

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b61DZ TIL Edison and Dali's "Drop the Ball" Nap Hack Actually Sparks Creative Breakthroughs.
0dgRA TIL the ankle–brachial index is the ratio of the blood pressure at the ankle to the blood pressure in the upper arm. Measurements are taken when the person is lying down, face upwards on a table without the head or extremities dangling over the edges. It's used to check for peripheral artery disease
1aw7V TIL a British scientist rode a bike fitted with an ultrasonic distance sensor to see how closely cars would pass him. He found that cars gave him about 6 inches more space when he was wearing a wig so that drivers passing from behind would think he was a woman.
JK7V TIL: There’s a Crater in Russia with enough diamonds in it to supply the entire world’s need for 3,000 years. (“Trillions of Carats”)
DQMJp TIL from the 1970s to 1990s, the South African apartheid government conducted "Project Coast," a program where they investigated using recreational drugs, snake venom, pheromones, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, poisons, and more as biological weapons for both war and crowd control.