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TIL that Spanish explorers originally called pecans "wrinkle nuts."

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7MGL TIL there is an area in Venezuela where lightning strikes 280 to 3,600 times an hour, 300 nights per year. It is called Relámpago del Catatumbo, or “the everlasting storm”.
DGgP TIL Google wraps its undersea fiber optic cables in Kevlar to protect them from shark bites.
6EXRw TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners
6rKX TIL Pineapple contains a substance called bromelain that actually breaks down proteins. If your mouth gets sore after eating pineapple or drinking fresh pineapple juice, it may be because the bromelain started breaking down the proteins that make up your mouth
5Y6np TIL Pablos Escobar imported 4 hippos for his private zoo. Today there are close to 80 hippos living wild in Columbia.