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TIL last year for the first time, the average american ate 100 lbs of chicken

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eOAn TIL that touching stainless steel will remove the odor of garlic and onion from your hands. They even sell bars of stainless steel “soap”, which is just a bar of stainless steel to rub on your hands.
oB96W TIL that Schwarzenegger faked interest in the movie "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" to trick Stallone into starring in it. Stallone later called the movie "maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen."
X9NX TIL The Duke of Edinburgh warned Princess Diana If you don’t behave, my girl, we’ll take your title away.“ to which she replied "My title is a lot older than yours, Philip”.
V7GD TIL Mike Kurtz, an american burglar, found out that eating common soap could produce the effect of ill health. His sudden and unexplainable weight loss and other symptoms baffled the prison doctors and he was able to fool officials that he was dying and received a pardon.
BG7d TIL that the experience of hearing voices among schizophrenia patients is influenced by culture. In the US, patients typically report hearing angry/violent voices. In India and Africa, patients are more likely to report hearing friendly/entertaining voices.