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TIL the FDA requires the stickers you find on fruit to be completely edible

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vAgx TIL: In her 85 years of life, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother (1750-1836) lived long enough to see the collapse of the French monarchy, the French Revolution, the crowning of her son as Emperor, his death, the collapse of his empire, and the restoration of the monarchy.
v1j04 [TIL]After a New York lawyer insulted restaurant staff for speaking Spanish in public, people wrote over +2000 1 Star reviews for his office.
1a9YW TIL in 2017, a man in Texas purchased a working Sherman tank and parked it outside his house. After sending a “sternly worded letter” and realizing that they couldn’t tow the vehicle, the local HOA began issuing parking tickets on the tank. The owner left it there for two more weeks out of spite.
epMK6 TIL a coal fire may have helped sink the Titanic
VM67D TIL Einstein held 6 different citizenships throughout his life due to changing regimes and residences. However, he was also stateless for 5 years from 1896–1901.