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TIL 99.9% of Americans have never tasted blackcurrant due to sanctions put in place to protect white pine trees.

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E1K9W TIL about Marion Delgado, a five year old who wrecked a passenger train by placing a 25 pound concrete slab on the tracks. When questioned by the police he shrugged, 'I couldn't break that big rock by myself, so I decided to let the train do it.'"
Z8rpD TIL about the RED T, a nonprofit organization advocating for the protection of translators and interpreters in high-risk settings.
JR7k TIL it isn’t the first time a Mayan calender has ended. In fact it has happened on September 18, 1618, after which a new calender began.
QJ5dp TIL Tina Majorino, who played Deb in Napoleon Dynamite, also played Enola, the little girl in Waterworld.
dDEp7 TIL about shotgun houses - narrow rectangular houses about 12 feet wide that were popular in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War through the 1920s.