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TIL Refried beans are only fried once

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5YerD TIL during WWII an American plane was shot down on the Japanese island of Chi Chi Jama. There were nine men on board, eight of whom were captured, tortured, beheaded, and eaten. The only one to evade capture had ditched his plane further from the island than the others. He name was George HW Bush.
woloJ TIL Niger has the highest, by far, fertility rate in the world at 6.6, meaning every woman has over six children on average. In fact, of the 31 countries with the highest fertility rate on earth, 30 are in Africa.
X0ZO6 TIL that a stingray in an aquarium has either cloned herself or has been impregnated by a shark
NXmAP TIL that while the human brain comprises only 2% of total body weight, it uses 20% of the oxygen breathed and 20% of energy consumed.
NXdJM TIL that while it's a grain agriculturally, a vegetable culinarily, corn is botanically a fruit