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TIL Cormac McCarthy was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship Grant (colloquially referred to as the 'genius' grant) in 1981 and used the money to write Blood Meridian.

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1AP7 TIL Band-aids emit a blue flash of light when pulled apart - visible to the human eye when you do it in the dark!
4nRX TIL most commercially grown figs have dead wasps in them
dVo9 TIL the original children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was actually incredibly violent, with Dorothy and friends killing nearly 100 animals and people during their quest. Dorothy’s trademark shoes were also silver, not ruby like the movie.
rbEW TIL A black cop infiltrated the KKK and became so well respected he was voted into a leadership position.
nebaB TIL that blue bananas exist, and they taste like vanilla