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TIL there are many countries that still have charges, trials and sentencing for witchcraft.

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REG4 TIL the melted butter topping served in movie theaters is mostly canola oil with additives mixed in
9oYX TIL the phrase “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” was originally meant to describe an absurdly impossible action. The phrase is an adynation, a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility.
RNA4 TIL the CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure makes nearly $700K a year, about 25% more than other non-profits of comparible size, while only spending about 20% of its yearly funds on research for a cure for breast cancer.
VMOk8 TIL that in William Morrison invented the first practical electric car in the USA, in 1890.
4Xybo TIL that Rip Torn's father Elmore "Tiger" Torn was an agricultural who worked to promote the consumption of black-eyes peas, particularly as a custom of New Year's Day.