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TIL that Tom Lehrer, a musician known for biting satire stopped performing because “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.”

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j6GME TIL Taiwan has one of the highest oral cancer rates in the world. The cause is mainly a culturally consumed nut called Betel. Betel nuts are carcinogenic and cause a stimulating high when chewed. Mainly consumed by blue-collar and indigenous Taiwanese, the practice remains legal but discouraged.
GApag TIL Harriet Mordaunt after being convicted of adultery with Prince Edward of wales (King Edward VII), her father intervened with the courts that no impropriety had happened so she was deemed insane and spent the rest of her life in various asylums.
E1MPW TIL Italians have an unleavened flatbread called Piadina
e0xdn TIL Groundhogs and Woodchucks are the same animal
XeP TIL That the “Soap Opera Effect” is caused by a higher rate of frames per second. Soap Opera’s look this way because it is cheaper to film on video.