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TIL peanuts grow through a process called “pegging,” in which the “peg” of the plant penetrates the soil

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oNEr TIL traditional Samoans valued a bride’s virginity so much, the chief would break her hymen in public so the entire tribe could see his bloody fingers.
V7b8 TIL: Harry Truman, before he became the President, tried to enlist in the Army. He was refused after an eye chart test determined him having 20/400 vision in the left eye (past the standard for legal blindness). He took the test a second time after memorizing the eye chart and got enlisted.
WVEN TIL breast implants were first tested on dogs
EQlP TIL the only reason Russians are Greek Orthodoxy not Muslim is because Vladimir couldn’t get behind a religion that bans hard liquor.
Zx8o TIL the title sequence of Fight Club accurately traces a nerve impulse from the brain’s “fear center” to various affected tissues