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TIL That pistachios can spontaneously combust.

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E18Np TIL that Ivan the Terrible died without ever telling anyone where he put the library he inherited from his grandfather, and ever since there has been a treasure hunt for it.
v19YB TIL Despite the MCAS system on 737 MAX causing crashes in the simulator Boeing hid the MCAS problems from the FAA to avoid any additional costs and declined "stupid" requests for pilot training maintaining it was not needed. Boeing promptly blamed the pilots when the MCAS failed and they crashed.
8emnV TIL in 1199, Albert of Buxhoeveden was appointed Bishop of Livonia, where Estonia and Latvia are today. With the support of Pope Innocent III, he embarked in 1200 with 23 ships and over 1,500 crusaders to help convert the pagan Baltic peoples to Christianity.
BYdk TIL Doritos could be made without the powder and taste exactly the same. It was left on because it was decided that the residue left on your fingers was part of the “Doritos experience”
kOMP1 TIL about industrial melanism,where darkly pigmented insects are selected over lightly coloured ones in industrial areas,because the trees are blackened by soot and provide camouflage.