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TIL that there is a pecan pie vending machine in Cedar Creek, Texas. The machine is open 24/7, is stocked daily, and contains full-sized pies and other sweet pecan treats.

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wodKW TIL amniotic fluid of a mature fetus is predominantly fetal urine that is continually swallowed and reabsorbed through fetal tissue and GI tract into the bloodstream and then urinated out... over and over again
gMwG4 TIL that Charles Young was the third African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first black U.S. national park superintendent, first black military attaché, first black man to become a colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking black officer in the regular army
6EADm TIL that in the middle ages Christian priests would recite "hoc est corpus", meaning "this is the body", during mass when turning bread into the body of Christ. Since nobody spoke or understood Latin, this chant was garbled into "hocus pocus", which we still use when performing magic tricks today.
xV5ek TIL heavy metal is used in torture interrogations because "These people haven't heard heavy metal. They can't take it. If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken. That's when we come in and talk to them."
BByK TIL 26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men’s hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s 80% of the entire country’s population.