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TIL that the phrase “No pun intended” is a pun on “unintended”

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e9DE TIL Switzerland has the most expensive Big Mac in the world at $6.82, while in Venezuela, the country with the cheapest, it only costs $0.67
yQ71p TIL according to The Specialty Coffee Association of America, the Kopi Luwak (digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by a Civet) which costs US$700 per kilogram, is sold for the story, not for quality. The coffee's good acidity and flavor is diminished by the process.
eE5D TIL that mammals that live in urban areas have proportionally larger brains compared to those of the same species in rural areas.
pPgb TIL that the US and the USSR’s only direct military confrontation happened in October 1944, over the serbian town of Niš. It is considered top secret by both governments, and the exact number of casualties is unkown.
V0jQ TIL there’s a computer marketed to the Amish. It has no Internet, no video, no music.