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TIL that traditional mexican cooking uses herbs that take the “flatulence” out of beans

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woG1W TIL some American airports now allow non-ticketed passagers to pass through security
JY9Ym TIL about two little-known places with the world's shortest names. "Å" (population 150) is a tiny fishing hamlet in the Lofoten Islands, a granite chain in north-west Norway, in the Arctic circle, while "Y" is an even smaller French village, with only 29 inhabitants.
EVVV TIL that the EPA used to chase commercial jets down the runway with a heavily modified Plymouth originally meant for NASCAR competition. The car stayed in the jet wash the entire time. At $25,000, they determined this to be the cheapest way of collecting emissions data for airliners
0eR5 TIL there is a message on the Fight Club DVD from Tyler Durden that lasts for one second: “Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you’re alive.”
LQenZ TIL that while Sid Vicious died tragically at the age of 21 the rest of the Sex Pistols are still alive.