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TIL Paprika is made from Bell Pepper

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kJkb7 TIL that Loma, Montana's temperature changed by 103⁰ Fahrenheit on one day in 1972
78geZ TIL that the smallest fish in the world, the Tiny Goby, rarely grows longer than half an inch. Despite this, they are so abundant that they can support an entire fishery
LkPoZ TIL when The Beach Boys recorded Little Honda, they didn't release it as a single; however, The Hondells did make a single of their cover of it, and reached #9 on the charts. This prompted The Beach Boys to release a single of their version, but their one only got up to #65 on the charts.
wl07 TIL Marvel gave Robert Downey Jr. the 30-foot tall letter “A” last seen hanging on Stark tower in The Avengers as a gift. Downey displays it in prominently at his Venice office.
BBED TIL in 1961 a little girl wrote to President Kennedy concerned about the safety of Santa Claus amid Soviet nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back that he had spoken to Santa and that he was fine.