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TIL that Oklahoma has two official “state vegetables” - Corn and Watermelon - neither of which are actually vegetables.

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gMkxX TIL Hitler's lover, Eva Braun, attempted suicide in 1932 by shooting herself in the chest with her father's pistol. Historians feel the attempt was not serious, but was a bid for Hitler's attention. In 1935 she attempted suicide again by overdose, when Hitler failed to make time for her in his life.
R58K9 TIL Oreos are vegan. The “cream” filling is essentially vegetable oil and sugar.
YDvG TIL that two conductors have died while conducting the second act of Wagner’s opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’. They collapsed from heart attacks at exactly the same point in the music due its technical demands.
9YdMG TIL that Campbell's Green Bean Casserole is so popular that Campbell's estimates 40% of their Cream of Mushroom Soup is used to make the dish
pGkN TIL that a black Nigerian couple gave birth to a “miracle” blond white baby.