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TIL that dimples on a golf ball first became a feature when William Taylor registered a patent for a dimple design in 1905.

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ByPe TIL that New Mexico is the only US state that has an official state question, “Red or green?”, which refers to the choice of a customer between red or green chiles- staples of New Mexican cuisine.
mxxlO TIL that Twinkies were initially filled with banana cream before WWII. When bananas were rationed due to a food shortage, the company switched to the cream filling, which turned out to be far more popular. Also, despite misconceptions, a Twinkie’s shelf life is only 25 days.
gb0b TIL the beautiful Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with an average natural ground level of only 1.5 metres and will probably vanish from the globe this century.
j6pLn TIL that in China, water is typically drunk hot
KOleG TIL all human males' paternal ancestor (their father's father's father...) converge on a single man who lived around 200 thousand years ago. The most divergent lineages are found in tribes in Cameroon, suggesting the man lived around there