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TIL that the Aztecs believed avocados were so sexually powerful that virgins were banned from eating them.

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jNe6M TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever."
LkNwQ TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne. Just as expected, nobody showed up because he only sent out invitations after his party was over. It was, he said, "a welcome reception for future time travelers,".
RL7w TIL that David Spade did not attend Chris Farley’s funeral because he “could not be in a room where Chris was in a box.”
mVaR TIL there is a list of Medal of Honor Recipients on Wikipedia, making it so you don’t have to post every single one.
5Vx78 TIL you used to be able to buy flight insurance from a vending machine for 25c. The practice stopped due to scams, including a man who tried to commit insurance fraud by planting a bomb in his mother's things, killing 44 people