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TIL most American universities are losing money from college sports teams

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VMN0 TIL that a cashew is a seed that grows on the outside of a fruit and are toxic until shelled and roasted.
W7QxB TIL about “Turkey Twizzlers”, pig-tail shaped fried meat snacks that were beloved despite being only 34% turkey, and served in schools in the UK until 2005 when celebrity chef Jamie Oliver encouraged the British government to controversially ban on them and other unhealthy snacks in school lunches.
8dKK TIL America is the most Overworked Developed Nation in the World.
ZwVQ TIL there is a term for the opposite of “ambidextrous”. It’s “ambisinister”, and it means you’re equally shitty with both hands.
nWvb7 TIL of the MARAUDER program, an experimental plasma railgun system that shot lightning balls with "devastating thermal and mechanical shock." It was also said to emit a strong EMP to scramble electronics. It became classified in 1993, with few references to it since.