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TIL Twinkies were made with banana filling and only lasted two days. A banana shortage and expensive replenishment logistics led to a change in the recipe.

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JYlek TIL the youngest person to climb to the summit of the 14,180-foot Mount Shasta in California was the seven-year-old Eva Luna Harper-Zahn.
j6NkM TIL that the Host of the famous tv show America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh, became an advocate for missing children after his 6 year old son was abducted and brutally murdered in 1981
WkJJo TIL that Michael Keaton refused $15,000,000 to play Batman Forever, because Tim Burton was dropped as its director
Me8KW TIL that elephants are naturally afraid of bees and that farmers in Africa and India are using beehive fences as a safe and humane way to keep the elephants away, while at the same time pollinating their crops.
mxa5v TIL even though they seem stationary sea anemone can swim to get away from predators and do so at a surprising pace