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Z8W9v TIL 37 million pounds of Jelly Bellies are made each year, enough to circle the earth several times
xgl0 TIL two nearly identical men with the same name were the reason that fingerprinting was invented
78kRP TIL suicide bombs can result in human shrapnel. Pieces of the bomber become lodged in survivors.
LaEV TIL that Gene Roddenberry envisioned Jean-Luc Picard as someone who was “masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair,” so Patrick Stewart auditioned for the role wearing an “awful looking” hairpiece. His performance impressed everyone so much that they hired him anyway, and made him ditch the toupee.
X0XYP TIL about The Cave Without a Name near San Antonio, TX . In 1940 there was a state-wide contest to name the cave and the winner was a young boy who said that the cave "was too beautiful to have a name". He received the $50 cash prize award. The Cave Without A Name is a National Natural Landmark.