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TIL Only 10% of Tourette’s sufferers spontaneously utter swear words.

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7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies
8gbP TIL the engine in the Ford Model T was capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol, making it the first Flex-Fuel vehicle.
4yPR TIL in Florida suffered catastrophic wildfires during 1995. Florida’s Division of forestry later discovered that the underlying problem was the cessation of controlled burning, which was stopped at the behest of homeowners.
9YWeB TIL in 1889, President Harrison signed identical documents that created North and South Dakota as states. No one knows which state was the 39th or the 40th to enter the Union because Harrison signed the documents blind and declared, “They were born together; they are one and I will make them twins."
Yp48Z TIL that the 'low man on the totem pole' is actually the most important person on a totem pole