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TIL Refried beans are only fried once

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GA9V5 TIL the oldest known crocodile, "Mr. Freshie," lived to be an estimated 140 years old after being captured and rehabilitated by Steve Irwin and his team at the Australia Zoo
rxXW TIL that the founding fathers officially stated in the Treaty of Tripoli that “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion”.
NXjnE TIL after winning 4 Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers in the first 9 years of his career, Wayne Gretzky moved to the US and played 11 more seasons with 3 different teams without winning the Cup again
ANYAx TIL that the first commercially successful video game - an Atari Pong cabinet at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale California in 1972 - got a complait for beeing "broken" when it was jammed out of order with quarters due to its unexpected popularity
0dB1 TIL Ketchup, both the sauce and the word, originated in China.