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TIL That the 'con' in con-artist means 'confidence'
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TIL a 1912 cookbook deemed Vegetable candy "the ideal confectionery" & "insurance against the evil effects of gluttony!" Before an undue amount of sugar is consumed, the mass of the vegetable base satisfies the appetite.
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TIL Polo player Adolfo Cambiaso has cloned his best horse, Cuartetera, 14 times, and even swaps between the clones during a game
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TIL that before the Hoover Dam was built, there was a town where Lake Mead now is called St. Thomas. The entire town was purchased by the federal government and abandoned. However, the water level of the lake has fallen so much that parts of the town can be seen and explored.
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TIL when filming Return of the Jedi, Carrie Fischer would get quite concerned for Warrick Davis, who was only 11 years old at the time, being in that hot Ewok suit, so she would have chocolate milk and cookies ready for him whenever they took a brake
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TIL A recent report found the average cost of groceries for a family of four in Nunavut is $19,760 per year while almost half of Inuit adults earn less than $20,000 annually