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TIL Marijuana seeds are a source of all amino acids and are a complete protein

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bLX0 TIL When Pyongyang’s first golf course opened in 1994, Kim Jong-il was given the honour of playing the first round. He shot a 38-under-par round, which included 11 holes-in-one. His 17 bodyguards were put forward as witnesses to his remarkable feat.
pYaZ TIL that there is an actual psychological disease which confuses people to think they’re in a dream. Like in Inception when Cobb’s wife kills herself because of this confusion.
OEG7 TIL that the number of people living in the USA that are illiterate is almost equal to the entire population of Canada (32,000,000 vs 35,000,000)
jNBpj TIL the idiom, "I like the cut of your jib" was derived from a sailing reference in the 1700s of identifying friendly or hostile ships from the cut, or shape, of their jib sails.
WkgR9 TIL Cannonball Run's director Hal Needham's tradition of showing bloopers during the closing credits of his films inspired Jackie Chan to do the same at the end of most of his films too.