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TIL That pistachios can spontaneously combust.

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4XNwN TIL J. Edgar Hoover was made aware of the planned attacks on Pearl Harbour on three separate occasions, one of which was by Duško Popov, a triple agent during WWII
NODJ TIL that working out the area of the largest sofa that can be moved around an L shaped hallway still remains mathematically unsolved.
yVn5p TIL of Sister Exchange, a type of marriage agreement where two sets of siblings marry each other. In order to get married, a man needs to persuade his sister to marry the bride's brother. It is practised as a primary method of organising marriages in 3% of the world's societies.
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