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TIL the Kool-Aid Pickle, or Koolickle, a "snack hack" associated with Tik Tok, may have actually originated from the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s

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n7B9 TIL the word “moot” does not mean “pointless”; rather, it means “up to argument or discussion”.
7rr8Z TIL that Spain remained neutral in WWII largely because of up to $200 million in bribes from British intelligence.
Zpaa4 TIL: About a company that is genetically engineering poplar trees (already fast-growing, asexually spreading trees) to reduce their energy needs by adding metabolic genes from pumpkins and algae. The engineered trees grow 1.5x than controls. They've planted 600 trees in Oregon and plan to do more.
VMolm TIL stock scammer Jordan Belfort originally wanted to be a dentist, but backed out when his college dean told him on the first day that "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you’re here simply because you’re looking to make a lot of money, you’re in the wrong place."
vepL TIL that the NRA was originally founded to promote rifle accuracy after the poor marksmanship during the civil war