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TIL that a slice of pizza contains a single serving of vegetable.

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XEg1j TIL of the sport of Extreme Ironing. Exponents take ironing boards to extreme locations and iron garments there. Performances have taken place while doing activities such as skiing, surfboarding, diving and marathon running. Two extreme ironers ironed a Union Jack above Everest base camp in 2003.
kLBm TIL Van Gogh didn’t cut off his own ear; he made up that story to protect his friend, who cut it off with a sword during a heated argument.
Z9L4 TIL that peeing after sex has never been shown in studies to reduce your chance of getting a bladder infection
WngX TIL that several high school friends formed the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America (CEPTIA) in 1968, which eventually led to laws banning pay toilets in several states
XevQ TIL the monk fruit is a low calorie sweetener that is nearly 300 times sweeter than sugar.