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TIL that the Vatican has a crime rate of 133.6%

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n5lb TIL a young farmer in India has broken the world record rice harvest by 3 tonnes per hectare using only organic methods.
Wgdo TIL That Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button looses them an estimated $110 million in ad revenue every year.
4XVKX TIL 358 millions years ago Earth was in the Carboniferous period, during that age oxygen levels were 15 percent higher than today thanks to the abundance of plant life, which meant scorpions were the size of dogs, a caterpillar was the size of an anaconda and dragonfly's were size of eagles
ajdN TIL in 2009 Harry Patch, the last living soldier to see action in WW1, died. Aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day.
R5M1l TIL that can-openers are supposed to lay on the top of the can and cut through the side lip of the top, leaving a smooth edge with no risk of cutting your finger or jamming the opener.