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TIL- Pistachios are spontaneously combustible.

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epxnJ TIL Approximately 10 percent of U.S. adults are classified as having obesity during the 1950s.In 2011 to 2012, however, the CDC reported approximately 35 percent of U.S. adults had obesity; the prevalence of obesity among American adults has more than tripled within the last six decades.
GAElJ TIL - in parts of the US, there’s a fundraising event called a “gun bash” where raffle tickets for guns are sold to raise money for children’s sports.
EgnRo TIL that Anthony Gignac, a con artist who managed to defraud funds of $8.1 million over several years by posing a member of the Saudi royalty, was only caught after the supposed Muslim prince ordered pork at a restaurant.
x6pp7 TIL that female snakes have 2 clitorises
nYxG TIL the infamous Donner Party was tricked into taking a new “shortcut” by a trading post that desperately needed the route to succeed. They even hid letters left to warn that the route was hostile and deadly. The “shortcut” delayed the Party by a month, stranding them in the mountains as winter hit.