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TIL I learned that kale was commonly used as decoration at salad bars and meat counters but now is considered a “superfood”.

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JY6ZB TIL German culture has an extraordinary obsession with native Americans due to the wild west novels written by Karl may, the best selling German author of all times. Thousands of people are organized in clubs to “play native American life”.
E1O77 TIL of Mary Bell, an 11 year old serial killer with a tragic and abusive childhood that moulded her into the killer she became.
N7B7Q TIL that the word echo comes from a nymph in Greek myth, Echo, who was cursed with a speech impediment so that she could only repeat what others said.
xV7D5 TIL Eugene Merle Shoemaker is the only person with remains placed on a celestial body outside Earth. On July 18, 1997 Shoemaker died in a car crash while on an expedition for crater sites in Australia. On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe.
lGN1 TIL: A Delaware daycare center once ran a toddler fight club. They were caught when cell phone video emerged of the employees encouraging two 3-year-olds to fight in an organized battle.