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TIL more land is used for opium in Afghanistan than is used for coca (the basis of cocaine) in all of Latin America

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XEYgD TIL the phrase "Bucket List" originated with the 2007 film "The Bucket List," and there have been no written examples that suggest it was in use before then.
p6wA TIL - A botched circumcision removed a young boy’s penis leading to him being brought as a female as part of a study to show that children are not by nature feminine or masculine. He rejected his female reassignment and later committed suicide.
nW8KP TIL the jones beach water tower (know locally as the pencil) situated in the roundabout in jones beach wantah, ny is modeled after St Mark's Campanile in Venice.
XEZYr TIL about Thurl Ravenscroft, the man who voiced Tony the Tiger in the Frosted Flakes commercials ("They're g-r-r-r-eat!") and was the uncredited singer of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".
OoLeY TIL When German troops invaded Austria in 1938, they were actually greeted by thousands of hailing and cheering citizens, swastika flags, and even saluting frontier guards.