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TIL peanuts have more protein than any other nut.

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lWy1 TIL the South Pole is 9,301 feet above sea level - but 9,000 feet of that is ice.
pYaPG TIL that Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986)
aw0D9 TIL Katie Holmes’ divorce from Tom Cruise has a clause that states that she can’t officially “date” someone until 2017
b9k9E TIL that when the USS Susan B. Anthony sank in 1944, after it was hit by a mine off the coast of Normandy, all 2,689 people aboard were saved. According to the Guinness world book of Records, this is the largest rescue of people without loss of life.
wodnE TIL that the 8 hour working day was first instituted by king Philip II of Spain in 1594 (although many countries in the world still have to adopt it)