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TIL there is an untreatable lung disease that can be caused by the butter flavouring on popcorn

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R7ZQ7 Today I learned Brazil is bigger than continental United States.
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N75M1 TIL that the term cakewalk comes from a 19th century dance, invented by slaves in the antebellum South. It was intended to satirize the ballroom promenades of white plantation owners. Couples promenaded through the ballroom, bowing deeply and frequently. The couple who performed the best won a cake
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