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TIL that dragon fruit comes from cactuses
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TIL Minecraft was inspired by Infiniminer, a multiplayer block-based sandbox building and digging game that had its source code leaked and was discontinued less than a month after its first release
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TIL that the hole in the middle of a spaghetti spoon is for measuring out one serving of dry spaghetti
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TIL that cocktails such as Rum and Coke and Jack and Coke, use Coke, not Pepsi, because of the popularity of a song called “Rum and Coca-Cola.” Pepsi offered to pay to rename the song, but was outbid. It became the second-highest grossing song of the 1940s, behind "White Christmas."
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TIL the FBI recruited a Mafia enforcer to use “illegal interrogation techniques” on KKK members to find the bodies of three missing civil rights workers. It worked.
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TIL 1 Pt of Water, mixed with 6 tsp sugar, and ½ tsp salt is the best oral rehydration solution - per the WHO. Better than water alone, better than sports drinks, and cheap is hell.