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TIL that whole chickens and covered pies are not allowed into the Papal conclave

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OGPW7 TIL the once-tasty "red delicious" type of apple is now recognized as having declined sharply in quality. Supermarkets wanted to apple to last longer, but the best tasting juicy apples often go bad more quickly. Selective breeding practices changed the red delicious into a more solid & shiny apple.
mxjZM TIL that in 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima. The aftereffects eventually caused six or more satellites to fail, as radiation damaged their solar arrays.
XBYj TIL A woman was arrested for possession and delivery of 31.5 grams of cocaine, 126 grams of high-grade marijuana, 29 tablets of Ecstasy, an undisclosed amount of methamphetamine and 60 hits of LSD. She is also the 19-year-old daughter of a United States DEA Special Agent.
epkek TIL there are 29% (or 12.8 percentage points) more male home gardeners (56.4%) in the US than there are female home gardeners (43.6%)
95xB TIL Only about 60-80% of your height is due to genetics, the rest is mainly due to nutrition.