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TIL that seedless watermelons are not genetically engineered.

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JYN08 TIL the male Canadian goose has a corkscrew shaped penis
a8gP0 TIL Boxing Day in the UK used to be pushed back a day to the 27th December if it fell on a Sunday. The 26th would be Christmas Sunday.
E18Qo TIL that due to internet rumors and some media articles, some folks eat fruit/veggie UPC codes intentionally. Mistaking the idea that “It’s ok to accidentally consume a sticker” for “the FDA regulates them and the stickers have nutritional value.”
1aGmD TIL of the Atacama Desert in South America, the driest nonpolar place in the world. Some weather stations there have never received rain and evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.
mk5E TIL in the 80’s a Japanese director released a series of gore movies so realistic, that he was investigated by the police and had to prove that no one was actually murdered.