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TIL most wasabi sold in the US is just horseradish with food coloring.

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wLPa6 TIL that Richard Nixon once got drunk and ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea before sobering and cancelling it
eprmn TIL that Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. president to serve without a college degree. Although he briefly attended Spalding’s Commercial College and University of Missouri–Kansas City, he never earned a formal degree.
KYZBG TIL the 2003 Britney Spears song Toxic was written about a mild mannered Irish Veterinarian, Noel Fitzpatrick
OoYQa TIL of a woman who was able to smell Parkinson's disease. In a study she was able to accurately identify 11/12 patients with Parkinson's. And not a year later the last patient was also diagnosed, making her record 12/12.
DQLlr TIL Nancy Sinatra was incredibly nervous recording the theme song to the the movie 'You Only Live Twice'. Producer John Barry had to make the final version of the song by combining her vocals from 25 different takes