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TIL the Dandelion is edible, contains more beta-carotene than a Carrot, and exists in the U.S. only because European settlers introduced it as a salad green.

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lMXa TIL there are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
YVRd TIL: Sardinian Cheese is illegal. The cheese is made from goats milk that is fermented in a a newborn baby goat’s stomach. The baby goat is killed, its milk filled stomach is then hung up for months while the milk hardens into cheese. Although it is illegal, it is still made today.
PYyoJ TIL: A Man saves a drowning boy from a River, 30 Years after saving the same boys farther
X0kkk TIL in 2017, a man in Soka, Japan was arrested for stalking and assaulting young girls. He told the police that he copied the plan from the manga "Geiger Counter" where girls were assaulted by a man imitating a utility worker. Police requested that the author be more considerate in future works.
n9r TIL that, in a July 2007 poll surveying Russian 16-19 year olds, half of the respondents agreed that Stalin was a “good leader.” 54% said that he did more good than bad.