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TIL there is a scientific term for post-nut clarity

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yQga TIL that though potatoes are native to the Americas, the majority of the world’s potatoes are grown in Asia, and that though soybeans are native to Asia, the majority of the world’s soybeans are grown in the Americas.
VEY0 TIL that Alan Moore (author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta) wrote a pornographic graphic novel named Lost Girls. The three main characters were Alice from “Alice in Wonderland”, Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” and Wendy from “Peter Pan”.
8RG4 TIL a Swede survived for 2 months inside a snowed-in car without food by “hibernating like a bear does”
6EweZ TIL the French used the guillotine as their standard method of execution until capital punishment was outlawed in 1981
4AOb TIL Due to a tomato shortage during WWII, Banana Ketchup was made using mashed banana’s, sugar spices and red dye to make it look like tomato ketchup