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TIL that Cannabis Sativa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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wonNJ TIL of the practice of leblouh, where young girls in Mauritania are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day in order to fatten them up for marriage.
JYgrV TIL that BMW released an ad on April 1st 2015 saying that they would give away a brand new BMW in exchange for any old car. Suspecting it to be another April Fools prank, no one showed up except one woman. She came in with her 15 year old station wagon and walked off with a £25000 BMW.
nWl9B TIL about the South African Black Rain Frog that looks like an angry avacado and fills itself up with air to appear rounder, like a pufferfish, when feeling threatened.
70NM TIL The longest prison sentence ever handed out was to a postman who failed to deliver 42,768 letters (9 years for each letter)
5VeaQ TIL: the original red Gibson SG Special guitar used by Robby Krieger of The Doors’ to audition for the band, write “Light My Fire” on, and record the first two albums, was stolen from the band’s rehearsal room years ago. Krieger is now on a mission to find it, and is even offering a hefty reward.