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TIL that asparagus touches 20 hands between field and market; is hugely labor-intensive to produce; and grows 7" per day

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11d8 TIL Victoria Woodhull was the first woman ever to be a candidate for the U.S. Presidency, and gained sizable support before being arrested for obscenity charges and expelled from the election.
9la6 TIL there are ancient Asian shipwrecks in Washington state. Bonus TIL: When explorers travelled the Columbia River, they found Japanese sailors
jNj9X TIL infamous streaker, Mark Roberts, was sponsored by GoldenPalace.com to streak Super Bowl 38. He was paid $1 million, given front row tickets on the 50-yard line, and provided with one of the best defense attorneys in the US who was able to reduce his charges down to a misdemeanor and $1,000 fine.
loyOa TIL Fridolin Andewert, a swiss president, was fat-shamed to suicide. His farewell letter reads: "They want a victim, they shall have it."
1aVLW TIL that about 1 in 6 men have "stage fright" when they have to pee around other men, this phenomenon is called parauresis.