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TIL 97% of all cashew nuts sold are produced unethically due to their naturally toxic fruit

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OoJ61 TIL Actor Martin Sheen has been arrested more than any other person in Hollywood (66 times for civil disobedience.)
Rkga TIL: That Japan is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas. Some people even order months in advance to avoid lines.
LWxZ TIL that Eddie Van Halen’s payment for his solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” was two six packs of beer.
7GJp TIL that 57 years of fusion research is equal to one fifth of Wall Street executive bonuses this year ($144 Billion). AND as much as 72 days of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. That is how under funded energy research is in the US.
eE5k TIL that “jaywalking” used to be the normal thing to do - automobile companies invented the term to shame people off the road to make room for cars (and car sales).