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TIL broccoli stems contain just as many nutrients as the whole broccoli

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64LX TIL that at the end of WWI, Germany had to pay reparations of 132 billion gold marks. The reparations were not fully paid until 2010, marking the official end of the war.
0EnA TIL The first meal consumed on the moon was bread and wine. Buzz Aldrin brought with him communion bread and wine, along with a small silver chalice, and held communion during a requested radio blackout shortly after landing.
DN1j TIL the value of Pi could be approximated with stunning accuracy by dropping a bunch of matches on a piece of paper.
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