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TIL Linguists have identified a new English dialect in South Florida

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epOxE TIL that chickpeas and almonds contain almost as much protein as steak. This shows that a person can become strong on a vegan diet after all.
B96r TIL The act of “pouring one out for the homies” has been around since Ancient Egypt.
rR4ro TIL Chrysler built 55 turbine-powered cars from 1963-1964. It could run on any fuel that could burn with oxygen, including perfume and tequila, and produced 130 horsepower. Only nine still exist.
GPv4 TIL that rented out VHS copies of Fast Times of Ridgemont High broke at a higher frequency than any other movie due to people mass pausing and rewinding Pheobe Cates’ famous topless scene.
rRyPx TIL in the early 20th Century women would use their hat pin to physically defend themselves from being harassed in public transport. It worked so well that law makers at the time outlawed it. In Australia, sixty women went to jail rather than pay fines for wearing “murderous weapons” in their hats