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TIL that Americans spend more time watching other people on television cook than they do cooking themselves.

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Eggkd TIL Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left a family photo behind on the moon in 1972
oQlA TIL in 2013 a Chicago man told police who pulled him over “I’m gonna be real with you, I have a gun in my ass.” The cops then found a gun in his ass.
9w0AM TIL that Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. He fought in over 300 matches and lost only one, to a local tough named Hank Thompson during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
GYgnQ TIL that the 1904 Olympic marathon involved a runner who drove 11 miles to the finish line, a runner who was poisoned by his coaches, a runner who was chased by dogs for one mile, and a runner who ate a rotten apple, took a nap and still finished fourth.
6EaZQ Today I learned corpses spontaneously open and close their eyes