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TIL US cotton exports were so cheap and competitive that they bankrupted the Egyptian economy back in the 1800s

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BgB1r TIL the first mention of a double-nosed dog in the Amazon jungle was in 1913 by Percy Fawcet after an expedition there. But no one believed him & the dog remained a cryptozoological beast until the 2000s when John Blashford-Snell returned with photo evidence of the Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound.
MeMvb TIL of the "Jim Twins", a pair of identical twins separated and adopted to different families at birth. Both were named James, married and divorced women named Linda, remarried women named Betty, and each had a dog named Toy. They both named their sons James Allan. They reunited at age 39.
b9pO4 TIL Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing macaroni and cheese to America, after encountering the pasta on a trip to Paris
xjEg TIL that a blackberry has only one calorie.
knL4 TIL cashews, pistachios and mangoes are all in the same family of plant, meaning people with nut allergies often react to mango as well.