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TIL: Ranch dressing was invented by an Alaskan Plumber

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16Brd TIL bunnies don't actually love carrots as much as we say. Its actually a myth that came from Bugs Bunny and in the wild they don't normally eat carrots.
947p TIL chewing of the drug Khat is so popular in Yemen that its cultivation accounts for 40% of the desert nation’s water use
epWgJ TIL While Apollo 15 astronaut Jim Irwin was lugging heavy objects on the Moon, flight surgeons noticed an irregularity in his heart rate and realized he had bigeminy. His heart condition eventually killed him 20 years later.
j6oJa TIL about Jilly Juice, a fermented cabbage drink which its creator claims can cure cancer.
J1pv TIL during the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 ½ ton piece of the Lunar Module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon. The unexpected result? The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.