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TIL there was a chain of 228 customers who paid for the person behind them in a Tim Hortons coffee shop

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m1QO TIL that in over 2000+ nuclear test detonations, only one has an unknown nationality. A detonation of a 3 kiloton bomb in the Indian Ocean called the Vela Incident. No nation has taken credit for it.
MLVb TIL The Cherokee believed that plants, in response to witnessing suffering in the world, created a medicinal plant to cure each disease. When a Medicine Man did not know which plant to use the spirits of the plants told him.
Yjo7 TIL tomatoes are native to Mexico and weren’t introduced to European countries such as Spain and Italy until the 1500s
9wvNB TIL: Natural gas has no odor. Gas companies add a harmless chemical called mercaptan to give it its distinctive “rotten egg” smell.
4XRl5 TIL 71% of U.S. youth would not currently qualify for military service due to their heath, physical appearance, or educational background.