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TIL More than 90 percent of samples of strawberries, apples, cherries, spinach, nectarines, and kale tested positive for residues of two or more pesticides (March 2020)

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JYVxB TIL that the first drive-through was invented in Sierra Vista, AZ near the Fort Huachuca military base because soldiers had strict orders not to wear their fatigues off the military base.
jNa1p TIL that the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq have survived 72 attempted genocides
jNrlp TIL Intelligent people tend to be messy, stay awake longer, and swear more
BgKGb TIL the largest currently known dinosaur footprints (5'7" or 1.7 metres long) are sauropod tracks located in Broome, Western Australia.
9w4OX TIL that around 1226, a Vietnamese prince fled Vietnam with a large number of servants. He ended up in Korea, where King Kojong of the Goryeo Dynasty welcomed him. Today about 600 households in South Korea can trace their ancestry to him