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TIL that peanut butter is now a widely used instrument in the fight against acute malnutrition.

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KYYmE TIL that the Farallon Islands, off the coast of San Francisco, California, has the highest rodent density of any island in the world, with over a thousand mice per acre. Visitors to the islands can, at times, see the ground moving when the mice are burrowing their underground tunnels.
d8mxK TIL of "The Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory who may have murdered over 650 women. She was given house arrest instead of execution because of her nobility.
9RPB TIL that John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, was actually elected by Virginians to the Confederate Congress. When he died he became the only President to be buried under the flag of a foreign nation.
KOPm9 TIL that sliced bread originated in a small Missouri town called Chillicothe.
P1p9n TIL "AC/DC" is an abbreviation meaning "alternating current/direct current" electricity