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TIL in 2006 a wine-tasting robot confirmed that human flesh tastes like pork (especially bacon)

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a8gXy TIL that despite causing a death toll at least five times greater, the Peshtigo Fire is often overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred simultaneously
N74M1 TIL Benjamin Franklin had an abusive older brother who forced him to sign an indenture until he was 21 in Boston. His brother was abusive partly because Benjamin showed talent. At age 17, he ran away penniless to Philadelphia, gained connections and jump-started his political career.
J1aXm TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch.
eo1k TIL 63 Earths can fit inside of Uranus
VvV8 TIL: A Salt Mining Company in Turkmenistan Uses a Mining Machine That Continuously Loops Around the Salt Pond. Each Loop Takes 25 Years To Complete.