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TIL even though Vanilla is often associated with bland or boring, it is actually one of the most complex flavors in existence.

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0wklL TIL that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin that lived in a zoo in Japan, grew so attached to a cardboard cutout of an anime girl that he lived with it as his 'waifu' till his death.
R5K7j TIL wasp farming and hunting is a traditional practice in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan. And Hebo gohei mochi (grilled sticky rice coated in a sauce made of miso, peanuts and wasp larvae) is a local delicacy that's served during their yearly wasp festival: Kushihara Hebo Matsuri.
KyyE TIL there is a village in the Netherlands specifically for Old people with Dementia to live and lead normal lives surrounded by professional care. Everything there is free.
0wojp TIL Cambodia has never experienced severe famine in its modern history other than during Pol Pots "Super Great Leap Forward"
wLBb8 TIL there is a long lost tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in NYC, that may contain an 18th century locomotive which is reported to be the hiding place of John Wilks Booth's lost diary. A man found the tunnel in 1980, but it was resealed by the city before he could finish searching for the train.