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TIL it’s very common for people in Japan to peel grapes before eating them, due to a perception that the skins are dirty and/or bitter.

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nvQ9 TIL cotton candy (candy floss) machines were invented by dentists
E1w8W TIL that in 1712 a swiss doctor found a skeleton that he thought was a human who died in the flood of Noah. In 1826, George's Cuvier, one of the founders of paleontology, reexamined it. It turned out to be a giant salamander.
rRQpe TIL: Under Pennsylvania law, anyone over 18 can legally open carry a handgun, although they cannot buy a handgun or ammunition for it until they are 21.
ZGRD TIL the Texas Longhorns of 1920 fattened up, cooked and served their mascot at a football banquet, due to not having the money to take care of him
AEBa TIL of Clair Engle, a US Senator who was left unable to speak because of a brain tumor. In 1964, when the Senate voted on whether or not to break the filibuster on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he pointed to his eye, signaling his vote in favor of ending the filibuster (“aye”).