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TIL vanilla beans are the 2nd most expensive spice in the world due to a current, global vanilla bean crisis caused, in part, by a 2017 hurricane in Madagascar.

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v07D TIL the American Red Cross rejected a $1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks in 2003 due to their opposition to the Iraq War
rMeW TIL Twisted Sister band members never drank, never did drugs, never partied, but kept that quiet to avoid hurting their reputation.
neNG9 TIL scientists created a Transparent aluminium-like material as shown in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It is a hard, glass-like magnesium aluminate that has visible and IR transmission. Military applications include lightweight bullet proof glass, armor and lasers.
YVlZ TIL:While in a fight, an Oklahoma man gave his stepfather an ‘atomic wedgie’, causing death by asphyxiation. When interviewed he said:” Man, I did a horrible thing when I gave him that wedgie.”
5Yvj9 TIL that when 10 Downing Street was restored in the 1960s, it was found that its iconic black bricks were actually yellow, and had been stained black by two centuries of urban smog