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TIL pickles are served with most meals because they serve as a palate cleanser.

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DpMD TIL That the song Capt. Jean Luc Picard listened to when he thought the ship (and the entire United Federation of Planets) was lost to the Borg in the movie “First Contact” was about a sailor in the Trojan War who was worried he’d never see home again.
4kL66 TIL the voice of AOL’s “You’ve got mail!” is named Elwood Edwards and as of 2016 was an Uber driver in Cleveland
R5jlw TIL a species of frog in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has changed colour from green to black
XLaR TIL that British Navy ships during the 18th Century would often have a fictitious “widow’s man” listed as part of their crew. The pay received by this “man” would be sent to the families of dead crew members.
eDg4 TIL a Buddhist monk who burned himself in front of the Cambodian embassy named Thich Quang Duc, when re-cremated after burning, his heart remained in tact.