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TIL that SNL cast member Cecily Strong was expelled from high school for bringing marijuana to school.

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nWXmW TIL researchers at a base in Antarctica started to develop a new accent
4Ka5 TIL Slovak agriculture scientists grew soy beans in the irradiated zone of Chernobyl to see how they would adapt. The plants adapted within a single generation, producing more protective proteins, including one that is known to help protect human blood from radiation.
8Jda TIL after the American Civil War, thousands of Confederates fled the US to Brazil. These ‘Confederados’ were recruited by Emperor Dom Pedro II due to their expertise in growing cotton.
EgQYw TIL that the average human body temperature has actually fallen from 98.6F (37C) in 1860, to 97.5F (36.4C) in 2017
Zp6Wo TIL in 2024 an 18-year-old man was stuck in a Honda Pilot that was inexplicably accelerating without his foot on the gas and could not be slowed by its brakes or e-brake. He and the Pilot reached 113mph before a controlled collision safely ended his unplanned 20-minute drive across state lines.