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TIL that a chipotle pepper is a jalapeño that has been dried and smoked.

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vb1D TIL that Adam Rainer was a dwarf at age 21, (standing 3 feet 10 inches, 118cm) but began to grow at an astonishing rate. When he died, he was 7 feet 8 inches (234cm) tall.
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