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TIL - Six weeks after it's debut, the Amazon Fire Phone's price was cut from $199 to 99 cents

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GJbg TIL that Finland is the only country that did not default on its debts from World War One. It continued to pay the United States until the last of its debt was discharged in 1976.
Ypw0W TIL all Domestic cats are same species (Felis catus) and similarly all dogs/domestic dogs are same species (Canis familiaris)
Xe88 TIL only two people at KFC know the secret recipe of 11 herbs & spices and they are not allowed to travel together on the same plane or in the same car for security reasons.
WBaY TIL 80 percent of the peanut butter sold in the U.S. is creamy; only 17 percent is crunchy.
Lk99Z TIL that in mid-18th century France, eating potatoes was considered cruel and unusual punishment: potatoes were thought of as feed for livestock, and they were believed to cause leprosy in humans. The fear was so widespread that the French passed a law banning them in 1748.