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TIL that two men vanished months apart after being pulled over by the same Police Officer

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ZpQwp TIL the city of Loma Linda, California is one of five cities in the world considered a blue zone, where residents live longer than average, which has been attributed to its large population of 7th Day Adventists
6Lel TIL that growing up, Stephen Colbert always wanted to pronounce his last name with a silent “t” and decided to do it while on a flight to attend college as no one knew him there. Colbert says his father always wanted to switch too, but he “lacked the pretentious gene that I have.”
Ool51 TIL that popcorn was the first food deliberately cooked with microwaves
wLXDo TIL Heroin was synthesized in 1897 at Bayer pharmaceutical by German chemists looking for a less potent form of morphine. Bayer marketed heroin as a "non-addictive morphine substitute" for cough suppressants.
loDQB TIL humans share 90% of our DNA with domestic cats