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TIL a 2016 study by the University of Michigan found that pizza was the most addictive food, followed by chocolate and potato chips. The least addictive foods were cucumbers, carrots, and beans which were even less addictive than water.

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aw8rM TIL-That American Author William S. Burroughs, attempting a William Tell act, shot his wife in the head, killing her. He later attributed this act was what spurred him into being an author.
XEPgr TIL Koala Bear fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints. A forensic scientist suggested that koala bears were unlikely to be at the scenes of crimes, but police should be aware of the possibility.
Ow1e TIL there is a “No-Go Zone” in France as a result of WWI battles which littered the grounds with unexploded weapons and toxic chemicals
M7P6a TIL: that bananas are actually berries
xVVGk Of all the bodies in our solar system, the sun is probably the one we want to give the widest berth. It gushes radiation, and even though its surface is the coolest part of the star, it burns at about 9,940°F, hot enough to incinerate just about any material. As such, there are no plans to send a manned mission in its direction anytime soon (Mars is much more interesting, anyway), but it can't hurt to figure out at what distance a person would want to turn back. You can get surprisingly close. The sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth, and if we think of that distance as a football field, a person starting at one end zone could get about 95 yards before burning up.