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TIL Ancient European hunter-gatherers were using garlic mustard seeds to give their foods a peppery kick as far back as 6,000 years ago, making it the oldest evidence of spice used for cooking.

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Yp8oB TIL Nintendo released 3 special DSi XL consoles for LovePlus+, a high school anime dating sim. They featured skimpy top cover decals for each of the 3 in-game 'girlfriends' and came with a copy of the game. The bundle was exclusive to Japan.
0wGZA TIL that due to alcohol's faster evaporation rate, the famous Drinking Bird Toy will eagerly drink whiskey twice as fast as water.
KOGm6 TIL After the sack of Baghdad, the Caliph was surrendered to the Mongols on the belief that their practices prevented them from shedding the blood of a man of such a high royal and religious status. Sure enough, the Mongols kept to their custom by wrapping him in a rug and trampling him to death
N7lye TIL that the Volkswagen Group makes $9,202.88 every second.
gMery TIL in January 2015, Marshawn Lynch was threatened with a $500,000 fine by the NFL if he didn't make himself available for Super Bowl Media Day. He showed up, set a timer on his phone, answered 29 questions with some variation of "I'm here so I won't get fined," and left the podium within 5 minutes