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TIL snails are responsible for more than 200,000 human deaths a year.

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Xp0D TIL In rural Austria, a girl would keep an apple slice under her armpit while dancing. At the end of the dance, she would offer the sweat-soaked slice to the man of her choice, who would eat the apple
X908 TIL In 1985, Little Caesars created a kitchen on wheels called the “Love Kitchen” that serves pizza to those in need and has responded to several disasters. Little Caesars has twice been presented with The President’s Volunteer Action Award Citation.
lOQN TIL that there is a website which provides a fake phone number for you to give to someone instead of your actual number. It then displays all the texts and calls on the site, available for the public
69Rkl TIL during World War II, the British government commissioned a project called "Operation Vegetarian," which planned to drop linseed cakes infected with anthrax over Germany to contaminate livestock and cause a food shortage. The plan was never executed, test sites remained contaminated for decades.
1ae5d TIL in 2006 a UFO was spotted over an O'Hare Airport terminal. As many as 12 United Airlines employees reported seeing it before it shot off into the clouds.