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TIL artificial grape flavor can be made from coal byproducts

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jNaDj TIL that the South Korean baseball association banned players from placing a cabbage leaf under their hats during games. Except with the provision of a doctor's note in advance.
NXL48 TIL that Termite queens have the longest known lifespan of any insect. They are known to live thirty to fifty years. They are considered delicacies in many parts of the world, owing to their rarity and rich, fatty flavor. Documentarian Andreas Johnsen sampled one and said it tasted like foie gras.
5Ywwk TIL that in an unbelievable coincidence, the moon is exactly four hundred times smaller than the Sun but four hundred times closer to the Earth, so that both the Sun and the Moon appear to be precisely the same size in the sky - which gives us the phenomenon we call a total eclipse.
gMmaW TIL Kevin Smith announced he will donate all his dividends from Weinstein-Made films to the non-profit 'Women In Film'
Brg7r TIL that at the funeral of General Lamarque, which plays a central role in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and was the catalyst of the unsuccessful 1832 June Rebellion, the Marquis de Lafayette was actually a pallbearer and even tried to talk the crowd down before it got out of hand.