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TIL that Oklahoma’s state vegetable is a watermelon

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5X4k TIL That Coca leaves are still used in Coca Cola. A company in NJ extracts Cocaine from the leaves for medical uses, then ships the remainder to Coke
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EEjW TIL there are 30 foot wide abandoned tunnels behind Niagara Falls
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