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TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.

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oewW TIL That a Korean man during WWII was conscripted to fight for the Japanese, was caught by the Russians, forced to fight for the Russians, captured and forced to fight for the Germans, and finally captured by American troops at D-Day. He eventually moved and passed away in Illinois.
D1ykJ TIL of a 1698 beard tax in Russia, in which authorities were authorized by Emperor Peter I to publicly shave individuals who did not pay the tax on their beards. The tax was designed to make Russian men conform to Western European notions of grooming.
aw4xL TIL before making Rocky, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog for $40 just to have money for food. After selling the screenplay he bought his dog back for $15000.
Jyrm TIL There was a Dinosaur with Four Wings
wGbM TIL That President Kennedy promised to “end housing discrimination with a stroke of the pen” when he got in to office; when he didn’t do so, Civil Rights groups sent thousands of pens to the White House in protest.