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TIL the Hard Rock Cafe chain is owned by the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida

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401J TIL Oranges are actually a hybrid fruit - It is a cross between a pomelo (75%) and a mandarin (25%)
R7k9w Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes.
N7dbb TIL of a French soldier called Tarrare, who could eat a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats, snakes, lizards and puppies. He would also sweat profusely and had an odor that was described as “fetid beyond all conception”.
QLba TIL that boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukranian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
xVLMb TIL that two inmates sued the state of Alabama, claiming the cramped space in their cell was a cruel and unusual punishment. The state argued that students at Auburn University actually paid to live in even smaller living space in the Magnolia Dorm. The inmates lost the case.