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nWxAd TIL After eating the "miracle fruit," very sour foods will taste sweet for 15 to 30 minutes. "Miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy.
aKQ0 TIL of the Big Mac Index, which helps explain purchasing power parity to the layman. You compare the price of a Big Mac in one country to the price in another to determine if exchange rates are overvalued.
k0L5 TIL Joaquin Phoenix, was born Joaquin Bottom. After his parents took his siblings and him out of the cult “the children of god” they renamed themselves Phoenix to symbolize a new beginning
Q0od TIL that Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker were originally supposed to be two separate characters.
4XP6a TIL that Wanda Barzee, the wife of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper (and accomplice to the abduction) is currently free, having been released from prison in 2018