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TIL that kookaburras are also known as laughing jackasses
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TIL in 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
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TIL there is a berry when consumed will change your taste buds.it will make vinegar taste like apple juice and lemon and Tabasco taste like candy.
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TIL The lead singer of The Offspring (Dexter Holland) suspended his candidate-ship for a PhD in Microbiology to focus on his band. In 2013 he published a paper identifying microRNA-like sequences in HIV. He received his PhD in 2017.
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TIL that lemons contain more sugar than strawberries. On average, a lemon contains 70% of sugar while a strawberry contains only 40% of sugar. The citric acid (3-6%) dominate the saccharine levels in lemons, resulting in the sour taste and tanginess.
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TIL Gary Gygax's wife was convinced he was having an affair so she followed him to a dimly lit basement and burst into the room only to find him and his friends hunched over hand-drawn maps. Gary would go on to invent the role-playing game "Dungeons and Dragons".