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TIL The stickers on fruit are FDA approved and edible

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wodLY TIL of Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, who in 1718 fought a duel with another woman over a Duke they were both in love with.
jgYM TIL that the 5th longest distance(2.3km/1.4mi) kill was performed using a 50cal M2 Machine Gun and led to 50 cal rounds being adopted for use in Anti-Material Rifles such as the famous Barrett M82.
5eZB TIL that not only can you “square” a number, you can also “triangle” a number.
DrJV TIL after a bloody war with Ethiopia in 2001, half of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki’s Cabinet signed a letter asking him to reconsider his authoritarian style of government. He promptly charged his own ministers with treason and threw them in jail, where they remain today.
NXLMN TIL there exists a research group dedicated to identifying and classifying plastic bread clips - the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group (HORG)