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TIL 20 lbs of Eggplant contains as much nicotine as a cigarette.

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9wPdp TIL South Korea is the only country on earth with almost zero food waste
YpNeZ TIL men who have children before 22 are 73% more likely to die by middle age.
9wbkM TIL dandelions are thought to have evolved about 30 million years ago in Eurasia. They have been used by humans as food and medicine for most of recorded history. It is thought they were brought to North America on the Mayflower.
kORpg TIL of Willie James Howard, a 15 year old African-American boy who was lynched for writing a love letter to a white girl. No charges were ever brought against his killers.
GAXLE TIL that in the early 1960s, Texas AM radio station KXOL in Fort Worth had among its staff future comedian George Carlin, future CBS reporter Bob Schieffer, and future Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy.