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TIL The Supreme Court unanimously decided that tomatoes were vegetables

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4kgWa TIL that Baby Doge and Best Friends Animal Society broke the Guinness World Records title for largest donation of pet food in 24 hours by donating 36,750.88 kg of pet food. (BabyDoge is a cryptocurrency and 5% of every transaction goes to donations for dogs)
0vpA TIL that the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that, in order to attain manhood, a boy must fellate a tribal elder and swallow his semen, daily, from the age of 12 to 17. The nearby Kaluli tribe considers the practice barbaric: they believe the semen of the elder must pass through the boy’s anus.
nWo4d TIL that the 1984 song Careless Whisper by Wham! had been previously produced and recorded in 1983 but George Michael did not like the way the saxophone sounded so he decided to have it re-recorded. The earlier recording is known as "Careless Whisper (Jerry Wexler version)".
awrDA TIL that if you feed a chicken a diet of spicy red peppers, its egg yolk will turn red. This is harmless for the chicken as all birds are immune to capsaicin (the substance that makes food taste spicy).
YQnv TIL the largest Air Force in the world is the US Air Force. The second largest Air Force in the world is the US Navy/Marine Corps.