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TIL that 84% of white tuna served in American sushi restaurants is actually escolar, which is considered toxic by the Japanese government and was banned in 1977

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VM6Qm TIL why some people seem to have no personality.
Yp9Qx TIL up until 2004 it was illegal to have a divorce in Chile
AE8o TIL in 1957 a US Air Force pilot caught in bad weather discovered his prototype jet fighter had no cockpit lighting. He managed to navigate and land the aircraft by periodically flicking a Zippo cigarette lighter and using the flame to read the instruments.
w1XY TIL the term Limerence: which is the feeling of infatuated love -usually the warm tingling sensation when you think of the one you are attracted to.
5VD9P TIL that the director of the 1991 film The Rocketeer, Joe Johnston also co-created the design of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)