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Today I Learned that the seed, inner bark, pollen, and needles of some pine trees are edible.

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avXN TIL that during US-backed Pinochet’s violent takeover of Chile, a popular singer was beaten, tortured and had his hands broken. While he lay on the ground, his captors mockingly suggested he play guitar. With that he sang “We Will Win” before he was shot 44 times.
8a1GV TIL Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who played an important part in the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in defeating Napoleon in 1814, suffered a mental breakdown during the war, lost his sight, and believed that a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.
16bkr TIL that infrasound can stealthly trouble your eyes and brain, making you perceive "ghosts".
jN5yM TIL that Right Whales got their name from the fact that they conveniently float after being killed, and were thus know to whalers as the "right whale" to kill.
ee55 TIL the current President of Pakistan was born in India, while India’s prime minister was born in Pakistan.