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TIL that most Himalayan pink salt doesn’t come from the Himalayas. The salt is mined in Punjab , Pakistan.

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jk0v TIL that in the 19. century men used to wear detachable stiff collars. They were dubbed ‘father killers’ as they could cut off the blood supply to the carotid artery, causing the wearer to suffocate.
xKr0 TIL that New York city will give homeless people a free one-way ticket to almost anywhere
W7ZlN TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre the attorney for Jim Jones risked his life to get a suitcase and then trekked through the jungle with it. An author who escaped with him assumed it had vital supplies they’d need to survive. It had a hairdryer he needed to hide his combover from the press.
J1pG8 TIL an entomologist in Colorado wrote a love song about the Cicada mating season to help people understand why they’re so loud.
aabZ TIL Bill Nye’s ex-fiancée trespassed onto Bill’s property and sprayed herbicide on his plants to damage his garden.