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TIL that the skin colour of apples darkens with exposure to UV

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ADEPx TIL in 1959 Alfred Hitchcock was approached to direct the first James Bond movie. However, he did not want to make another spy thriller right after "North by Northwest", and instead started working on "Psycho".
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oBeVo TIL A new study has revealed that African countries such as Chad and Mali have some of the healthiest diets in the world, while the people in European countries including Belgium, Lativa and Hungary eat the worst
aQ7J TIL friends and family of writer Henery David Thoreau were shocked by his tranquil acceptance of death. When asked on his deathbed if “he had made peace with God” he responded “I did not know we had ever quarreled.”
b9BGj TIL in 1932, Winston Churchill went to a hotel in Munich two days in a row to have tea with Adolf Hitler. Hitler stood him up both times