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TIL pepitas are just pumpkin seeds with the husk removed

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W7NYL TIL the Korean War had a higher rate of civilian casualties than the Vietnam War
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Ooor6 A hulking Arleigh Burke-class destroyer might typically burn a minimum of about 24 barrels (1,000 gallons) of fuel per hour, but this figure conceals so many factors and variables that the Navy doesn't really use it the way we use "miles per gallon."
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