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TIL that owning the Sims base game and every Stuff Pack, Game Pack, and Expansion Pack costs over $785

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Men7a TIL that mint leaves can be used to get high and a mint called Salvia divinorum is used by Mazatec Shamans of Mexico because they believe its visual hallucinations are divination or prophecy. They think that this mint is an incarnation of Virgin Mary and chant a praise to Her before getting high.
jNXYE TIL Tom Attridge, the pilot of the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. He fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive. As the trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the jet as it continued its descent. Though it was a crash-landing, he survived.
eVmk TIL that Mas Oyama, a karate master, would fight live bulls with his bare-hands during his martial arts demonstrations. Occasionally, he would kill them with a single blow, earning him the nickname “Godhand.”
Yv87 TIL there’s such a thing as an unstealable bike
WwD4 TIL that the Caesar salad was invented by a Mexican chef named Caesar.