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TIL the US pays on average 15% more for sugar than the rest of the world do to the Farm Bill. This may also be the reason soft drinks switched over to High Fructose Corn Syrup.

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OGG07 TIL of the August 26, 1980 Harvey’s Lake Tahoe casino bombing. 3 men in maintenance uniforms rolled in a device covered in cloth labeled IBM to a 2nd story empty office with a note demanding $3 million. The FBI was forced to detonate it after failing to defuse it
oB59K TIL that Nero participated in the Olympics.
M7PVa TIL, that there is a "desert" in Japan with large sand dunes, a museum of sand sculptures and even camal rides for tourists
QbGk TIL President Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler and is enshrined in the Hall of Fame and he suffered only 1 defeat in 300 matches.
kX7B TIL that often times before a person dies from hypothermia, they experience a burst of extreme heat and it causes them to undress themselves. This is known as paradoxical undressing.