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TIL about Folding@Home and Project 11747
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TIL Lima beans are so-named because they come from Peru
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TIL that EU citizens living in another EU member state have voting rights in local and EU elections in their country of residence, even if they're not citizens of that country.
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TIL that when swallowing, the tongue elevates to push food back into the pharynx.
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TIL That Typhoon Tip was the largest most intense storm ever recorded, with winds 190 mph and size of 1380 miles wide in the south pacific, north of the Solomon Islands in 1979. Hurricane Patricia (2015) had the highest winds at 215 mph but was smaller in size and didn't last as long.
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TIL Thanksgiving’s date wasn’t fixed until 1941. Before that, U.S. presidents chose the date, with George Washington declaring the first national Thanksgiving in 1789. Thomas Jefferson refused to observe it, calling it too religious.