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TIL that zippers are the leading cause of penile injuries

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14rW TIL that in 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux tribe 106 million dollars as compensation for land that was taken from them. The Sioux refused to accept the payment, and the money remains in the US Treasury to this day, accruing interest.
dlB TIL that Eggplant, Tomatoes, and Potatoes are all closely related and are in the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
KE9 TIL: Chipotle works with the food donation connection and donates their excess food from everyone of their locations to local charities and non profit organizations to help feed the homeless and less fortunate.
ANPX7 TIL that C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on November 22nd, 1963. However, their deaths were overshadowed by the more prominent death of John F. Kennedy on the same day.
OGJg7 TIL the highest point above Earth’s center is not Everest. It’s Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. This is because the earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather oblong shaped. The earth is fatter in the middle from centrifugal forces during its constant rotation.