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TIL peanuts grow in a bunch, underground, like potatoes!

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yV5Aw TIL Charles Browne Fleet was a pharmacist and inventor of the laxative and chapstick. His company, C.B. Fleet still operates producing laxatives, douches, micro-enemas, and other products of the sort.
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9wkx6 TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1.
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