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TIL China has a special government unit that provides all-organic goods from farms exclusively for the political elite

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00Wp TIL The wreck of a WW2 “Liberty ship” is sitting off the coast of Kent and it’s loaded with 1400 tonnes of explosives, the equivalent of a small nuclear device.
rNRky TIL in 2006, William Shatner sold a kidney stone for $25,000 to an online casino. Shatner then donated all the proceeds to charity.
Oo6aR TIL the record for most children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 labors, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
j6w8j TIL Human poop, which takes about a year to biodegrade, is an environmental hazard because it can pollute water sources and infect native fauna. Giardia, salmonella, E. coli, and even hepatitis can be passed from humans to animals via discarded feces
kJxxe TIL that mobster Roy DeMeo was considered so dangerous that when the Gambino crime family put a contract out on him, they struggled to get someone to take it up. Even John Gotti was reluctant, as he had killed fewer than 10 people, while DeMeo was responsible for at least 37 murders.