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TIL Vanilla Beans Don’t All Taste Like Vanilla

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OGPpR TIL According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of the average golfer making a hole-in-one (or ace) are 12,500 to 1 but a Tour player has a 3,000 to 1 chance of making an ace.
Jwl4 TIL there is an alternate version of Lord of the Rings told from the bad guys’ point of view
n6Pb TIL Elvis claimed that when he was 8 years old, he was telepathically contacted by two alien beings who showed him his future. Reportedly, the aliens showed Elvis an image of “a man in a white jumpsuit singing to a crowd,” but the eight year old Elvis didn’t understand what it meant.
pYEeb Today I learned that Mario, the beloved character from Nintendo's Mario franchise, was originally named Jumpman. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981 for the arcade game Donkey Kong, Mario later became the official name of the character in subsequent games.
WkdW4 TIL that capsaicin, the element that gives peppers their spiciness, doesn't affect birds.