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TIL a butt load is an actual unit of measurement, equal to two hogsheads.

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woEBP TIL that Frank Sinatra carried 10 dimes and was also buried with them in his pocket after his son Frank Jr. was kidnapped in 1963. The kidnappers demanded he communicate by payphone only, and he was afraid he wouldn't have enough coins for the conversations.
xvD1 TIL Bob barker is a karate expert and trained for eight years with Chuck Norris.
YpbBP TIL blanching dehydrates food. I always assumed boiling food in water would increase moisture levels.
b6DZN TIL that "American" was the official language of Illinois from 1923 to 1969.
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