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TIL that "sweet paprika" and "paprika" are the same thing.

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epwN6 TIL in 1978, two men dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for $600,000 ransom. (They were caught and the body recovered later that year.)
d8V9j TIL aircraft compasses are not always accurate. While flying, compasses will point towards the north when accelerating, and towards the south when decelerating, known as magnetic dip. The effect is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
GyoJ TIL that Theodore Roosevelt’s mother and wife passed away hours apart. That night the only thing we wrote in his diary was a red X and the words “The light has gone out of my life.“
yVW9w TIL that parchment is made from animal skins or leather. All my life I always thought it was made from wood like other papers.
RrA9 TIL More oil is spilled in the Niger delta every year than was spilled in 2010 by BP in the Gulf of Mexico.