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TIL the USDA classifies batter-coated french fries as a "fresh vegetable"

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b6PkE TIL a burrowing tarantula from South America 'keeps frogs as pets'. The frog seeks shelter and protection from the spider, in return eating insects inside the burrow that would eat the spiders eggs
GVQj TIL Shirley Temple’s mother took her to see Santa at the mall when she was young. The mall santa asked for her autograph, and this is when she stopped believing in Santa Claus
168aX TIL from the 1930s to 1960s pregnancy tests worked by injecting a mouse or rabbit with the woman's urine. The animal was then dissected, and if the ovaries were enlarged it indicated the woman was pregnant.
xBb7 TIL Ernest Hemingway, his father, his brother, his sister and his granddaughter all committed suicide.
6L5w TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger temporarily deserted the Austrian Army so he could compete in the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He won.