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TIL the pope drinks 4 cans of Fanta per day.

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bmZZ TIL The word “colonel” is spelled that way due to the word’s Italian origin (“colonello”) but pronounced “ker-nel” due to the Spanish pronunciation of the word (“coronel”).
Wk5BX TIL by the end of 2019 the US unemployment rate was lower than in every year since 1970, and lower than throughout most of the 50s and 60s.
a8JvM TIL: the US has a law called the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to combat bureaucracy. PRA approvals take 6-9 months
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78A17 TIL children prefer higher levels of sourness in foods when compared with adults, and that such preferences are positively related to their willingness to try new foods and experience with dietary diversity