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TIL about Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, an undocumented immigrant who learned English in his 20s, picked cotton and welded, graduated from Berkeley and Harvard and went on to become one of the top neurosurgeons in the US

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MeDQW TIL Pistachios crack themselves. I always assumed they were run through some sort of industrial nutcracker prior to packaging. But apparently when they ripen, the shells suddenly pop open and even make an audible crack. Chinese legend says witnessing this will bring the hearer good luck.
kOeAg TIL property rights include the ground below your home, and in common law (except California its limited I think) they typically define it as "all the way to hell" as a way to demonstrate the depth you own.
ej8g TIL that there is an airtight room in a University in Georgia (US), sealed in 1940, to be opened in the year 8113. The “Crypt of Civilization” contains a wealth of artifacts from literary works to everyday items.
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M7Z17 TIL in 2003 a British woman's chastity belt set off a metal detector alarm at Athens airport. She explained that her husband made her put it on to ensure that she didn't have an affair during her brief trip to Greece. She was allowed to fly on to London on the pilot's responsibility.