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TIL of the “heath pea”, an abundant Scottish plant that, when eaten, effectively stops the sensations of both hunger and thirst for days

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8anZa TIL that Mortal Kombat 3 was the only Game Boy game ever to be rated M by the ESRB
7rAwX TIL that by 1880, horses in New York City deposited four million pounds of manure on city streets every day. In dry weather it would turn to fecal dust and choke pedestrians. Vacant lots were filled with the waste; these manure piles would rise up to 60 feet high.
OGy6L TIL That the Sea of Japan has almost no perceptible tides.
E6KW TIL it is theorized that impact craters in North Dakota, Canada, France, and Ukraine were all made from the same asteroid that broke apart before impacting Earth 214 million years ago. Today they are no longer in a straight line due to plate tectonics.
VBdW0 TIL that Key West, Florida got hit with two Category 5 hurricanes while MTV was filming The Real World there