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TIL World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined.

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vPEj4 TIL Jim Carrey was trained by a specialist that trained CIA operatives to endure torture. While working on The Grinch, he wanted to quit because of the 8 hours of the heavy make up prep, but the producer hired the specialist and Carrey was able to go through the make up process 100 times.
n5e9 TIL Tarantulas and other spiders lack leg extending muscles, and rely on the blood pressure spike from a heartbeat to ‘reinflate’ the leg back to its extended position. This is why spiders curl up when they die.
J1Dp4 TIL Michael Crichton graduated from Harvard Medical school but went into writing instead, writing 13 books by the time he was 33.
mxVJE TIL that Taxi Medallions in NYC have devalued from $1,000,000 to $153,000 since the introduction of Uber, causing multiple cab owners to commit suicide
GYxOQ TIL Two days before the 1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe Airport to rescue hostages, Idi Amin allowed one of the sick Jewish passengers to be taken to a local hospital and allowed her to stay there after receiving treatment but sent a squad to murder her when he felt humiliated by the Israeli action