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TIL Kokura, Japan was the original target of the second atomic bomb dropped during World War II

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GA11 TIL Rapper Mystikal was sentenced (and served) 6 years in state prison after pleading guilty to forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts and for extorting money.
BgXdK TIL cashews are actually seeds that grow hanging beneath cashew apples, which are pear-shaped edible fruits that belong to the cashew tree
J1vyv TIL about a study where monkeys were shown to be willing to pay (sacrificing food) for risque photos of other monkeys
yVoke TIL of Sardinian bitter honey, obtained in October - December from flowers of the strawberry tree (a Mediterranean tree named corbezzolo in Italian). It is used in traditional desserts or paired with cheese, and it's often added to coffee to enhance the bitter aromas
xV980 TIL that during prohibition, the US government intentionally added lethal poison to industrial alcohols, knowing they were used by bootleggers and sold to the public. This federal poisoning program led to over 10,000 deaths.