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TIL That In 2013 , A California Couple Found $10M in Gold Coins In A Bucket Buried in Their Yard

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KYy94 TIL in 2014 there was a 7,500 player battle in EVE Online, with thousands of ships being destroyed and an estimated $300,000 of real world money being lost in the conflict.
kYld TIL There is an edible tree with 7x more vitamin C than Oranges, 4x more Calcium than milk, 3x more Potassium than bananas, 4x the Vitamin A of Carrots and 2x the Protein of yogurt. And it can also be used to effectively purify water (more info in comments)
O656 TIL the war hero Ewan McGregor portrayed in Black Hawk Down is a convicted child molester
b67OE TIL Raye Montague was the first person to design a ship in a computer. In 1971 Montague produced the initial draft for the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in about 19 hours.
bPkN TIL Scientists at Oregon State University have developed an algae the tastes “just like bacon” when fried and has nearly twice the nutritional value as kale