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TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips but a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and some potato flakes

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X0Xnk TIL about New Zealand author Janet Frame was erroneously diagnosed with schizophrenia and scheduled for lobotomy. However, several days prior to the procedure, she was awarded New Zealand's most esteemed literary accolade, prompting doctors to cancel the operation.
pYooN TIL there's a difference between button-down and a button-up shirts. A button-down shirt has small buttons on the collar to keep it in place, while a button-up shirt has no collar buttons. Button-down shirts are more casual (for example in the choice of fabric) and button-up shirts are more formal.
R5aL8 TIL that house centipedes pray on many household pests. Cockroaches being a preferred prey.
VBjvZ TIL the Ministry of Interior in Qatar found video on social media of a car doing donuts in traffic. The car was impounded then then fed into a car crusher machine with a claw excavator.
D171Y TIL an actress from Scarface freaked out during a bloody scene. She went home & claimed she had seen something she shouldn’t have. Shortly afterwards, she disappeared & was never seen again.