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TIL The majority of the world doesn’t refrigerate their eggs.

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XjZ6 TIL there exists an “Anti-Cheese” edit of the Phantom Menace, which removes virtually all of Jar-Jar’s dialogue, the racist dialect of the Neimoidians, and the goofy banter of the battle droids.
VJXD TIL Scar from Disney’s the Lion King got his scar in a buffalo stampede. Before that, he was known as Prince Taka.
9wya6 TIL in 1775, 80 year-old Samuel Whittemore ambushed British troops, killing three before charging them with a sword. He was shot in the face, bayoneted 6 times, and clubbed 8 times. Left for dead, he was later found reloading his musket while swearing revenge. He went on to live another 18 years
79JZ TIL that author John Steinbeck was investigated by the FBI for being acquaintances with leftists and attempting to write a novel exposing the conditions in Japanese concentration camps in 1943.
w6nJ TIL malnutrition in North Korea is so common and widespread that it is not even considered a medical condition