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TIL that a cashew is a seed that grows on the outside of a fruit and are toxic until shelled and roasted.

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p8jNG TIL that from the Stalin-era to the early Brezhnev-era, the Soviet economy grew faster than the United States
y6Pw TIL that on August 25, 1970, a group of Icelandic farmers blew up a dam project on the Laxá River that would have swept away their farms. Around 100 farmers turned themselves in but not one would snitch on who lit the fuse. They all walked free.
jQQ TIL that in most Nordic countries there are laws called “Every man’s rights” which state that it is legal to trespass, camp, fish and pick berries on public and private lands.
oRnyY TIL that 41% of cases of antisocial personality disorder, the disorder associated with sociopathy and psychopathy, are hereditary and causes by genetics.
pmN8 TIL Michael Caine once said about his role in Jaws: The Revenge “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”