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TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges

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AOkB TIL Qatar Airways allows only one falcon per person as carry-on. It used to be two.
woAE8 TIL the “Smiley Face Theory,” which alleges that from 1990–2010, 45 young men found dead in bodies of water across the Midwest did not accidentally drown but were rather victims of a serial killer. The only known connection is grafiti depicting a “smiley face” found near at least a dozen bodies.
neRJr TIL that in Portugal they have traffic lights that turn red if you are speeding
gMJBX TIL that to celebrate Fiji's annexation in 1874, Governor Hercules Robinson took Fijian King Cakobau and his two sons to Sydney. All three came down with measles, but the colonial administrators did not quarantine the ship; a measles epidemic would kill about 1/3 of Fiji's population.
mnJO TIL A woman (registered nurse) was watching the show “Flip or Flop” on HGTV and noticed a lump on hosts neck. Emailed production company to make them aware and host ended up having thyroid cancer and didn’t know.