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TIL Ear Pulling is considered a sport in some cultures

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QN9xE TIL In Albertville, French Alps, cheese generates electricity. Using whey from beaufort cheese production, a plant produces biogas, powering a turbine that generates 2.8 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough for 1,500 people.
161vV TIL about Oseola McCarty, a washerwoman from Hattiesburg, MS, who became one of the University of Southern Mississippi’s most celebrated benefactors. In 1995, she arranged for $150,000 of her savings to fund scholarships for students in financial need, a surprising amount given her modest earnings.
KNl9 TIL a man in Michigan whose house was slated for demolition switched the house numbers with his neighbor so the crew demolished the wrong house.
l0Pa TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.
4kmrX TIL: Lou Bega, singer of iconic Cuban song Mambo No. 5, is a German man of Italian & Ugandan descent. His only interaction with Cuban culture was a vacation to Miami as a teen.