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

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kOMBE TIL that the highest point in Florida is the top of the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami
rR4kx TIL that Oscar the Grouch was originally orange. He turned green after he ‘went on vacation to Swamp Mushy Muddy’.
MMDm TIL America has only won the World Baseball Cup 4 times, Cuba has won it 25 times and Britain once.
neQb9 TIL hibernation leaves animals sleep deprived. They have to routinely go out of hibernation and into "regular sleep" in order to restore their brain from the damage done by hibernating.
e6P6 TIL that during World War II in Australia, there was a dog whose hearing was so acute that it could warn airforce personnel of incoming Japanese planes 20 minutes before they arrived, and before they showed up on radar. “Gunner” could also differentiate the sounds of allied and enemy aircraft.