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TIL that California black acorns were used by California native Americans as a staple food.

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60aW TIL that his mother was the only person that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was afraid of.
R70Xl TIL being an extra inch taller correlates with an estimated $800 in increased annual earnings.
M7M4W TIL "Entrance of the gladiators", a piece strongly associated with clowns and circus music, was originally intended to be inspiring marching music for war.
p8oW4 TIL Garry Kasparov doubted the abilities of female Grandmaster Judit Polgár, stating, "She is, after all, a woman. It all comes down to the imperfections of the feminine psyche. No woman can sustain a prolonged battle." He was later defeated by Polgár in 2002.
vP6D4 TIL: The Guinness Book of World Records was created by the managing director of Guinness Brewery as a way to solve trivia questions among bar patrons.