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TIL professional wrestler and former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe was a dance performer at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 5.

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Wjr8 TIL there’s a Japan indoor vegetable-factory that produces 10,000 heads of lettuce a day while using just 1% of the amount of water needed for outdoor fields. LEDs emit light at ideal wavelengths for plant growth, while also optimizing night and day cycles, allowing lettuce to grow 2.5 times faster.
yjdJ TIL there is a town in the Netherlands with no roads. Only canals, sidewalks, and bike paths.
R76E4 TIL: During WWII, armies deployed Searchlight Units to aide night time movement, detect enemies and dazzle enemies. They were called "Moonlight Batteries". On cloudy nights, the units could bounce the light off clouds to provide diffuse lighting.
GDw1 TIL that the veins in your eyes are above your retina and you can actually see their shadows.
v1R9x TIL that Jehovah’s witnessed believe Satan was cast down to earth on October 1, 1914 and that only 144,000 will enter Heaven. The rest of the righteous will be resurrected and enjoy life after death in a cleansed planet after Armageddon.