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TIL that during the time Johnny Appleseed was alive, all apples were extremely bitter (unlike sweet, edible modern apples), and only used for hard cider. Johnny Appleseed was basically a booze crop man.

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6XVw TIL that rich people in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentences.
6ElKW TIL that the invention of barbed wire started many disputes, and eventually led to a concentration of power in the hands of the land owners. The wealthy ranchers started fencing their land and individuals with livestock but no land had nowhere for their livestock.
l75e5 TIL Research has recently found neurons specifically dedicated to anticipating the sequence of melodic notes, separate from speech processing, showing music activates distinct neural mechanisms for predicting melody sequences.
kOvM5 TIL Snoopy has seven siblings, Andy, Marbles, Belle, Olaf, Molly, Rover, and most notably, Spike.
v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."