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TIL that carrots used in canned soup are specially-bred giant carrots the size of baseball bats, because normal carrots don’t stand up to the vigorous production process.

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plRe TIL that in 1898 a novella was published about a fictional ocean liner called “Titan”, which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. In the novel there were not enough lifeboats for passengers, and it also sank in April, as the real Titanic did 14 years later.
xVl0o TIL No-one knows who actually invented the fire hydrant, as its patent was destroyed in a fire at the U.S Patent Office in 1836.
yQ9rJ TIL that after his arrest, numerous stars came out to speak in support of Paul Reubens, including Bill Cosby, who said "Whatever (Reubens has) done, this is being blown all out of proportion."
6E197 TIL during Grover Cleveland’s election campaign, it emerged that he had a possible illegitimate child. The campaign said it was true and that Grover had done his best in dealing with it. The mother disagreed- she said Grover had assaulted her, then had the baby taken from her and had her committed.
j7RQ TIL that in 2013 a Chinese woman went on trial for murder after she squeezed a shopkeepers testicles so hard that he died.