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TIL pineapples were a status symbol in 18th century England. They were so expensive that you could rent them by the night and take them to parties with you.

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oE6r TIL Samurai usually wrote poems before ritual suicide.
rR4We TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower said “The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants…It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals…We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.”
bLG9 TIL the insecticide"BTI" was discovered when a man stumbled upon a stagnate pond in Israel where he noticed dead mosquito larvae. Scientists isolated the bacteria strain found in pond, creating the safest and most effective way of managing and killing mosquito populations throughout the world.
wLDXP TIL the judge from the Rick and Morty courtroom sketch was publicly admonished for failing to discharge his duties impartially, competently, and diligently
lG91 TIL since 2011, there have been at least 4 incidents of people cooking meth inside a Walmart