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TIL that for every dollar spent on NASA, the economy receives approximately seven dollars back in payoff

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4kZOg TIL Despite having the highest tea consumption today (6.96lbs per capita/per year), Turkey mostly drank coffee until the 1950s. Shortages and inflation led to a massive governmental effort to expand tea growing in the early 20th century.
AkMa TIL elephants are the only mammal other than humans which have chins.
9wDkG TIL that in 2010, the carrot industry launched a marketing initiative called "Eat'em Like Junk Food". The campaign used tactics from the snack industry, including snack-food-like packaging; futuristic, sexual, and extreme sports-themed TV commercials; carrot vending machines; and an iPhone game.
wLYbW TIL J.K. Rowling was the 1st & is still the only author to become a billionaire
yVWPM TIL Ben Franklin trolled rival almanac publisher Titan Leeds by predicting Leeds' death, down to the hour, in his Poor Richard's Almanac.