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TIL that Edamame beans are just unripe soy beans

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R70O7 TIL the preatorian guard held an auction for the roman emperorship. Didius Julianus,drunk from the night before had to be dragged from bed by his wife and daughter. He arrived late and was not allowed entry to the building the auction was taking place so he yelled his offer from outside. He won
rRRyd TIL that in Mumbai, blue dogs were found roaming the streets due to industrial waste
Me5R7 TIL that in 2017 to AI chatbots created their own language to negotiate with each other
V9Mm TIL Robert De Niro Sr., father of the famous actor, was an abstract expressionist painter whose work has been collected in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Whitney in New York City.
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