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TIL mangoes can increase and prolong a cannabis high

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ax9L TIL During WWII, Major Hajime Fuji, a training instructor, presented his petition to serve as a kamikaze pilot written in blood; his wife drowned herself and their children so that he should have no conflicting ties.
neGMd TIL Famed Chess player Bobby Fischer is such an anti-semite that he once journaled "it’s ... time for vigilante killings of Jews – random killings of Jews." He even drafted a letter to Osama Bin Laden sharing his hatred and is a vehement holocaust denier.
Y7RXW TIL that a 2017 study of 2,000 British adults concluded that "Condescending Wonka" was their all-time favorite meme.
j67wQ TIL that when Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers at the beginning of the Civil War, he did not include the states of California or Oregon because the transcontinental railroad hadn't been completed yet.
5YkEQ TIL there are now more Spanish-speakers in the United States than there are in Spain.