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TIL: The “fresh” apples you buy from the grocery store may have been in storage for up to a year before hitting the shelves thanks to modern storage techniques.

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R7kal TIL Days before his death Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore and how he came to be like this has remained a mystery. It’s been suggested he may have been a victim of “cooping” in which unwilling participants are drugged and forced to vote for a particular candidate..
0wmGN TIL There are 9 different accepted time standards used around the world. Many of these time standards vary from each other by hundredths of a second to several minutes (excluding time zone variations and DST).
mxWMO TIL following the success of the show Money Heist, several real-life robbers wore the show's red costumes and Dalì masks during their heists or copied the fictional characters' ideas.
ZyDQ TIL Vatican City is unable to join the European Union because the EU requires that all member states must be free market democracies.
GYBDN TIL that sitting inside of a snowed-in car with the engine running can be deadly if the tailpipe is clogged with snow.