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TIL that one olive tree can produce around four liters of oil every year for hundreds of years.

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BgyYD TIL of holoprosencephaly - a disorder in which forebrain of the embryo fails to develop into two hemispheres, caused by mutations in the gene encoding the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein
x6v60 TIL the location of Washington, DC in the south was the result of “dinner table bargain” compromise between Jefferson and Madison from Virginia and Hamilton from New York, where the national government would assume the state’s debts.
vaXB TIL that Hyperthymesia is a condition that allows people to remember every detail of their lives.
16g0P TIL In the 1970s East Germany had a coffee shortage so they made Vietnam into a supplier. East Germany invested the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars into Vietnam in exchange for half of Vietnam's coffee harvests for 20 years. By the first harvest in 1990 East Germany was already dissolved.
8aapZ TIL In 1947, the United States government offered Henderson, NV for sale as war surplus.