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TIL Some Midwesterners eat cinnamon rolls with their chili.

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PZ0L TIL Aboriginal Australians, especially in the west-central parts of the continent, have a high frequency of natural blond-to-brown hair, with as many as 90–100% of children having blond hair in some areas.
Oog1a TIL between 2004-2009, the Clean Water Act was violated more than 506,000 times, by more than 23,000 companies and other facilities. 40% of the nation’s community water systems violated the act at least once.
KOadJ TIL that the F-Word in English likely stems from the Latin word Pugnare, which means to Hit as opposed to common misconception of Fornication Under the Command of King
wLB7J TIL Victoria Gillick ran a campaign in the UK to ban contraceptives to under 16s. Her loss in court created the Gillick competence named after her, which gave under 16s more medical rights to consent to medical treatment if they understood the doctors recommendations
GkpE TIL Dr. Donald Unger only cracked the knuckles on his left hand every day for more than 60 years. Both hands remained unharmed, earning him the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, a parody of the actual award.