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TIL That Portobello Mushrooms are the same as white mushrooms, they’re just left to grow for longer

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5YXJD TIL that yellow fever came to the Americas aboard slave ships. Two hundred years later, it helped end slavery in Haiti. An epidemic broke out during the Haitian Revolution, killing two thirds of the French army and almost none of the slaves, and France was forced to surrender the island.
OXxe TIL the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos’ celebration of Christmas for 53 years. Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote the book and he also drove a car with a license plate that read “GRINCH”.
neldP TIL that a toy doll called My Friend Cayla became infamous for asking its owners personal questions, saving the answers and being hackable at the same time.
QNrwp TIL in 1998 17.6 million Americans were employed in manufacturing
VB0A8 TIL that Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours.