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TIL sugar has at least 56 different names.

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vP5AB TIL that American cigarette consumption peaked in 1963 at a yearly rate of 4,345 cigarettes per capita, or an average of nearly 12 daily cigarettes for every person in the country.
6EZ77 TIL Xiao Yuan once replaced 140+ paintings in a museum with his own forgeries, and sold 125 for $6 million dollars. He later found out his own fakes were being stolen and replaced with yet more copies.
PNYw TIL “drafting” 10 feet behind a semi truck can increase your fuel efficiency by up to 40 percent.
pY69Q Today I Learned that your fingernails and toenails can grow at different speeds depending on which hand is your dominant hand, and a whole bunch of other factors.
D1nBV TIL that Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor sang backup on Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."