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TIL that gold has its own E number, E175, and can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.

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gM0PA TIL Harry R. Truman refused to leave his lodge at the base of Mount St. Helens in Washington state despite evacuation orders due to its seismic activity, saying to reporters "If the mountain goes, I'm going with it." He was killed by the pyroclastic flow from the eruption on May 18th, 1980.
okeA TIL that from 1995-2001 one man cheated the McDonalds Monopoly game and walked away with $20 million.
wLAko TIL Clair Cameron Petterson, the American geochemist who proposed the still-accepted age of the Earth of 4.5 billion years old, helped accelerated the phaseout of lead from all standard, consumer, automotive gas, decreasing lead level in blood of Americans by 80% by the late 1990s.
YbpZ TIL That North Koreans can only choose from 28 hairstyles that are approved by their government
R5578 TIL limes are only green because they are unripe. They are sent that way to stores because they’re easier to ship. Unlike oranges and lemons, limes don’t ripen once picked, so they stay green. Ripe limes are yellow.