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TIL that oranges from Florida are artificially dyed to look good to shoppers because they are still green when ripe

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AYGl TIL the flesh of the Sleeper Shark, which feeds on colossal squid, contains such a high concentration of anti-freeze that it must rot for months before consumption as the popular icelandic dish Hákarl.
e08Yn TIL that the Yale Tablets contain the world's oldest recorded recipes that were written in 1700 BC. In 2018, a team recreated its recipe for beef stew.
XWmE TIL Mark Twain traveled extensively and once said “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth…”
9Ryr TIL a watch strapped to your ankle will eventually fall behind one strapped to your wrist due to time dilation
nW0kr TIL Fishing line should be replaced yearly