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TIL in Henry Fords’ childhood farming was manual. He wanted to “lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors.” Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928.

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 8:18 am

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TIL second runway of Narita Airport was supposed to pass through Takao Shito’s land, but because of the legal problems, it now basically encircles it. Farming takes place amidst the roar of takeoff and the impacts of aircraft landings.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 8:51 pm

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TIL that one of the worst droughts in recorded history occurred in Texas during the 1950’s. Huge lakes and rivers dried up completely, grass nearly died out leading to massive dust storms, and 50% of Texas’ farming industry was dead by the end of the decade.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 8:19 pm

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Indoor shrimp farming business

by CopyPastaArchive July 21, 2022, 5:14 pm

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TIL despite their small land area and limited space the Netherlands are the 2nd largest food exporter in the world because of their efficient methods of modern farming

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 10:10 pm

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Names usually come from an occupation of a distant ancestor. Smith comes from blacksmithing. Lyman comes from farming Lye. Miller comes from a guy who works at a mill.

by cringeyjokesman April 14, 2022, 3:34 am

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I tried to start farming crows, until I was arrested.

by cringeyjokesman April 9, 2022, 9:12 pm

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Farming simulator devs next update:

by CopyPastaArchive March 21, 2022, 4:59 am

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Two high school graduates are discussing their future college plans. The first says “I’m planning on going into farming, it’s what my father did and it makes good money.” The second asks “What type of farming? Wheat, corn, livestock?”

by cringeyjokesman March 7, 2022, 10:37 pm

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TIL that oyster farming dates back more than 2,000 years to the Romans and that one acre of an oyster farm can filter up to 72 million litres of water per day.

by whatilearned February 12, 2022, 5:34 am

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TIL in Belgium and France, Farmers still recover tens of thousands of unexploded shells and ordinance From WW1 that get pushed up by normal ground shifting (frost thrust, etc) and plowed up in farming fields. They call it “The Iron Harvest”. They expect this to continue for hundreds of years.

by whatilearned January 23, 2022, 6:02 am

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Farming karma on my cake day: Two goldfish are in a tank, and one says to the other….

by cringeyjokesman December 9, 2021, 11:26 am

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