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TIL that José Feliciano, writer and performer of Christmas hit "Feliz Navidad", was born blind

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R7AwQ TIL Chinese street vendors will often use a cheap 'cooking oil' called gutter oil. While it can be just recycled from normal sources, a major source is from fatbergs in sewers.
8N68 TIL The UK had to cancel a lottery because players didn’t understand negative numbers
vvaj TIL that Breyers, once known for their extraordinary commitment to only natural ingredients, now calls most of their products “frozen dairy dessert” because they are so full of processed crud that the FDA won’t allow them to be called “ice cream.”
80LK TIL there are exploding lakes. Lake Nyos in Cambodia exploded in 1986 after being saturated with carbon dioxide from the volcanic vent below it. The resulting CO2 cloud suffocated 1700 people.
oxQL TIL A Maryland homeowner caught a runner pooping in his yard, after being questioned by the cops, the runner admitted he had been doing it for 20 years.