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TIL of "meat honey," a substance produced by South American vulture bees (Trigona hypogea) that feed on dead, rotting animal carcasses. It is not true nectar-based honey, but is technically edible...
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TIL a special edition of the Bible was produced for slaves in British colonies where all references to freedom and escape from slavery were removed, and passages encouraging obedience and submissi...
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TIL that Jimmy Carter was the only US President who served a full term who did not appoint a Supreme Court justice.
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TIL Guillermo del Toro cast Charlie Day in Pacific Rim after he saw Day's monologue about killing rats in "Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats". Del Toro said, "It was very funny, but he was coming fr...
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TIL that Japanese meteorologist Wasaburo Oishi was the first person to discover jet streams in the atmosphere, but his discovery was largely unrecognized outside of his home country because he pub...
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TIL that the reason many highways in major U.S. cities cut directly through Black neighborhoods was often intentional urban planning decisions made in the mid-20th century.
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TIL With the U.S. population at 134 million in 1940, Gone With the Wind sold 202 million tickets (in 1939/1940) which is the equivalent of 523 million tickets sold today (based on the current U.S....
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TIL about the conspiracy to remove FDR and install a dictator.
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TIL That before the invasion of Poland in World War II, Poland had one of the largest Jewish communities at 3 million; by 2021, the Jewish population in Poland was 17,156.
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TIL that in 1979, Italian punk band Skiantos performed at the Bologna Rock festival by bringing a kitchen on stage, boiling spaghetti, and eating it, without playing anything. When the audience pr...
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TIL the Vietnamese name for the country of Italy is simply "Ý"
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TIL according to a University of Swansea study, high-pressure showers actually reduce water usage by up to 56%
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TIL that in 2007, Thailand legally issued a compulsory license to make cheap generic versions of Abbott's HIV drug Kaletra. Abbott retaliated by withdrawing 7 medicines from Thailand. Thailand hel...
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TIL that Eleanor of Aquitaine was blamed by her husband King Louis VII for failing to produce a male heir in their fifteen years together. After the annulment of their marriage, Eleanor would go o...
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TIL that in Rome there is a staircase known as the “Scala Santa,” which, according to Christian tradition, is believed to be the steps that Jesus climbed during his trial before Pontius Pilate.
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TIL Dandruff, a skin condition of the scalp affects roughly half of adults. It is often linked to Malassezia fungus that thrives on sebum. Dandruff shampoos often contain antifungals to manage it,...
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TIL a French drain isn't anything to do with a design originating in France, but instead a US guy named Henry Flagg French.
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TIL a single cumulus cloud can weigh over 500,000 kilograms or 1.1 million pounds (about 551 tons).
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TIL Chuck Norris stated that he was not offended by the satirical 'Chuck Norris facts' that became extremely widespread beginning in 2005. He found some of them funny & said his personal favor...
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TIL about the Cabbage Patch Riots, a series of violent customer outbursts at several retail stores in late 1983. Thousands of customers at retail stores such as JC Penney would wait in line for ho...
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TIL Titanis was a South American “terror bird” that reached North America before the Great American Interchange, and is the only known phorusrhacid found there. It survived in North America well i...
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TIL Fake Shemp is the technique of using body doubles in movies when an original actor either refuses or is unable to reprise or continue their role.
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TIL, residents of Mississippi, Wyoming, Wyoming, Alabama spend the highest percentage of their income on gasoline.
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TIL that in 2021, Sophia Urista, the lead singer of the band Brass Against, consensually urinated on a man live on stage during one of the band's shows. The band later apologized, saying the singe...
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TIL mitochondria have their own DNA, separate from the DNA in a cell’s nucleus.
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