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TIL that the town of Banbury in England has its own cake, which includes rum and rosewater in its ingredients.

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neDW TIL that Congress has a lower approval rating than Hugo Chavez, the US going Communist, Paris Hilton, the BP Oil Spill, Banks, and Nixion During Watergate
MP7B TIL Over 20,000 Americans service members deserted during World War 2. Pvt Eddie Slovik was executed to serve an example to others, the only service member executed for desertion since the Civil War to this day.
RJg8 TIL that vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.
pEgQ TIL that Johnny Cash’s estate once refused permission for his hit “Ring of Fire” to be used in a commercial for haemorrhoid cream.
v1ybx TIL that when you splash water on your face, your body instantly begins to prepare your body for free diving, slowing your heart rate and pulling blood into vital organs in what scientist call “the master switch of life”