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TIL Charles Schultz killed off a disliked Peanut with an axe.

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VM9dG TIL since India has more than 400 million vegetarians, every packaged food or toothpaste in India must have a mark to distinguish whether it is vegetarian or non-vegetarian. The vegetarian symbol is a green square with a green dot in the centre while the non vegetarian is the same in red.
8KbL TIL the sound effects for the alien language in District 9 were made by rubbing a pumpkin
9kAp TIL that there is a drug, called DNP, which causes the human body to effectively burn body fat at an extremely fast rate. The downside? Most of the energy stored in the fat is released as heat when it is metabolized. Take too much DNP and you will literally cook yourself to death.
71yZ TIL that Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke’s stunt doubles from the bungee jumping scene in Season 2 of Scrubs met on set that day. They are now married.
40EX TIL that in 1880, the age of consent was set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.