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TIL Adding sage to your campfire is a natural way to keep bugs away.

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R7GOQ TIL that 100's of years ago scribes drew colorful ¶ ("pilcrows") to mark new paragraphs. They'd leave blank spaces for the ¶'s then switch inks and add them. They would often miss some so readers evolved to interpret a blank space (indent) as the start of a new paragraph. Voila.
Jrp4 TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair, and that he has played the same character (Dominic Toretto) in more than one third of all the movies he’s ever appeared in.
mxm4O TIL only eight different countries have ever won the World Cup
M7G5A TIL that Steve Albini had no middle name, but on his birth certificate his father refused to leave the section blank, and thus put in "(None)". Thus technically he did have a middle name and his full name was Steve (None) Albini.
dDZbE TIL after Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, they discovered Taino people roasting meat over a grill, allowing the flames and smoke to envelop the meat for a certain flavor. Called "barabicu" by the Taino, the technique spread to Europe and the colonies, and is now known as Barbecue.