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TIL last year more people planned to shop on Black Friday than voted in the presidential election

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p5Wp TIL America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years of existence.
NDmM TIL that mushrooms have 30,000 sexes and can mate with any but their own.
e06yL TIL that after a man received a heart transplant from a suicide victim, he went on to marry the donor's widow and then eventually killed himself in the exact same way the donor did.
R7Er1 TIL while "instant mashed potatoes" tend to be associated with modern and instant foods, the process of drying and grinding starchy vegetables for storage goes back to ancient times. The Incas made a freeze-dried potato food called chuño and Japanese Ainu cuisine also uses ground and dried potatoes.