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TIL that the House of Representatives briefly renamed the "french fries" in their cafeteria to "freedom fries" as part of a protest at France's opposition to a war on Iraq

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4X5va TIL that F1 drivers pee inside their suits during the race
kOyRB TIL that the most successful predator in Africa is the African wild dog. If a pack targets a prey, there’s an 85% chance they’ll bring it down successfully
OoMZL TIL about a dialect quiz that attempts to figure out where you grew up in the United States. It asks 25 multiple choices questions asking things like “what do you call a sweetened carbonated beverage?”. It then will try to triangulate where you are from.
a8MoA TIL that in 2023, a 45-year-old Belgian man named David Baerten faked his own death, but then showed up to his own funeral to teach his family a “life lesson.” He was reportedly dismayed that his family had grown apart.
grgAL TIL that Ingush women traditionally wear a high cap called a kurkhars, whose shape is derived from the Phrygian cap of antiquity. Originally, these headdresses were made from tanned and dyed bull scrotum.