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TIL Prior to 1970 most Pistachios were dyed red!

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GY9ZE TIL that D.D. Palmer, the creator of chiropractic medicine, claimed to have received his ideas on chiropractic from "the other world" and considered declaring chiropractic to be a religion.
v1Vk4 TIL when capuchin monkeys were taught to gamble, they made the same irrational decisions a human gambler would make as well, and the data generated by the capuchin monkeys make them statistically indistinguishable from most stock-market investors.
VNEk TIL that Calvin Coolidge awoke to a burglar in his hotel room, talked the burglar out of robbing him, loaned him $32, and told him how to leave without being arrested
epONk Today I learned that the Count of Sesame Street is close to two million years old...and still counting!
8a4rK TIL Shrikant Jichkar ( 14 September 1955 – 2 June 2004) was known as the most qualified person in India. He obtained 20 degrees after appearing for 42 university examinations. He was also a politician, known to be the elected as the youngest MLA in the country at age 26