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TIL there is a fancy restaurant in California where you can eat free if you are taller than the chef.

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5Y11n TIL smelling farts can help fight against Alzheimer's, diabetes and strokes.
e0Lpb TIL The British WW1 'Unknown Warrior' was given a state funeral with full military honours, entombed with a medieval crusader's sword, accompanied by a guard of 100 Victoria Cross recipients, as well as 100 women, each of whom had lost her husband and all her sons in the war.
QQEe TIL if you microwave a sliced grape, it can explode in a fireball of super-heated plasma.
6EWaY TIL that about 1 in 600 people have a single horseshoe-shaped, fused super kidney. This congenital condition often goes undiscovered as it is asymptomatic.
oRB6o TIL Australia has 2 active volcanoes on Heard & McDonald Islands, one of the remotest places on earth. It is very cold, mostly barren, erupts frequently and has many wrecks around it. It has 71 species of fungi and was recently involved in legal proceedings between two entities (Australia & the UK).