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TIL that the mayor of Dorset, Minnesota is only 4 years old and he was recently “re-elected” for another one-year term in office

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mxxlO TIL that Twinkies were initially filled with banana cream before WWII. When bananas were rationed due to a food shortage, the company switched to the cream filling, which turned out to be far more popular. Also, despite misconceptions, a Twinkie’s shelf life is only 25 days.
QkaX TIL The Red Cross throws out blood if they deem it too risky, even if the donator is disease free.
wjjE TIL someone replaced 75% of their skull with a 3D-printed implant last March
pY4k4 TIL that Mao Zedong rewarded factory workers with mangoes. Then he forced people to honor the fruit and started a short-lived, but intense, mango cult.
eA4b TIL more than half of brits think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.