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TIL: Bee stings smell like bananas

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RnNl TIL the NRA is considered the most powerful lobbying group in America, and the majority of it’s income is through Membership Dues, not corporate donations.
v1Jjj TIL a woman sued CBS, Showtime, and the New York City subway system because an ad for the show "Dexter" was so scary that it made her fall down a flight of stairs.
N7wGe TIL a 2015 study rated pork fat as the 8th most nutritionally rich food in existence
0wxk5 TIL in 2015, Croatian Sara Grkovic tried to kill her identical twin Dajana. Jealousy was the reason, Sara was in love with a man but after serious thought the guy wanted to settle with Dajana.
loWoA TIL: Charlie Chaplin was never an American citizen and was essentially exiled. During the McCarthy era, the FBI put him under surveillance, and a Mississippi congressman called for his deportation. The U.S. government then revoked his re-entry permit in 1952 as he traveled to England on vacation.