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TIL the fear of palindromes is called aibohphobia

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grOBW TIL In the 1950s, U.S. poultry firms dumped turkey tails into Samoa markets. Filled with oil used to preen itself, turkey tails are 75% fat and are frequently washed down with a cold Budweiser. Due to its ties to the obesity epidemic, Samoan officials banned turkey tail imports in 2007.
Z8m0o TIL about the Pirate Jean Lafitte, who after seen the first American governor of Louisiana William C. Claiborne advertising a $500 dollars reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the head of the governor.
Wk5aB TIL there's a dialect of German spoken in America called "Texas German."
6Eow TIL that hiccups were an evolutionary necessity, but now they serve no purpose.
OoJNX TIL that the bird, Turkey (like the country) is Peru (like the country) in the Portuguese language