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TIL that flour always needs to be cooked before being eaten (think raw cookie dough) because it can contain E. Coli and other contamination

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gMVOy TIL a man robbed The Ballagio Casino of $1m in poker chips - that he could only spend at the Bellagio. In a matter of weeks weeks he was down to $20K, spending his winnings on OxyContin, more gambling, and one night a four-hour hand job.
D1vav TIL In LOTR from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That’s an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. In the Hobbit, Bilbo, on the other hand, travels a total of 950 miles in 172 days — an average of just 5.52 miles per day.
lo5g5 TIL that the "pink for girls, blue for boys" color scheme didn't become common until the mid 20th century. Earlier in the 1900s it was actually "pink for boys, blue for girls".
j6VoM TIL the difference between WHISKEY and WHISKY. The spelling distinguishes the country of origin and distillery process.
rNRRw TIL that the voice for Bambi, Donnie Dunagan, became a Marine and retired as a Major.