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TIL Hummus has gotten so popular, tobacco farmers have switched to growing chickpeas to meet demand.

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R7Vp4 Til After Nike released Air Jordan sneakers in 1985, the NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing them because it's colours didn't match his team's uniform. Nike supposedly paid the fine of $5000 the NBA charged Jordan each game so he would continue wearing them.
pYyxb TIL The Nazis used tickling as a form of torture
dDpMQ TIL Franz Reichelt, a tailor by trade, convinced the Parisian police to jump from the Eiffel Tower in order to demonstrate a wearable parachute. After partially deploying the parachute he leaped to his death before a crowd of onlookers.
d8RWr TIL: Words in songs are called lyrics because in ancient Greece poems used to be accompanied by a lyre
4kvj5 TIL in 1609, Manhattan supported more ecological diversity per acre than Yellowstone National Park. Research suggests that had Manhattan never been developed, it would be one of the most important national parks