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TIL: Dove bars aren't soap
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TIL at an Alabamian church in 1902 someone yelled "there's a fight!" The congregation instead heard the word "fire" and began to attempt to escape. In the ensuing stampede 115 people were killed.
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TIL a 15-year-old blind kid was able to use his enhanced hearing to hack telephone systems by perfectly reproducing dial tones. He even went as far as faking calls to the SWAT team in order to have them surround the houses of his enemies.
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TIL Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (an ancestor of Cleopatra) was so despised after enacting a political purge that he had the nickname 'Physcon,' meaning 'Fatty'
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TIL 98% of all pistachios produced in the U.S. are grown in California. This accounts for 25% of World Production, making the U.S. the second largest pistachio producer behind Iran
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TIL Wrigley’s was originally founded as a baking powder selling company, adding free chewing gums to it’s packaging. The gum became more popular than the original product and the company decided to focus on the gums only.