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TIL 10% of people don’t like Cilantro because when they eat it, they taste soap

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j6n5j TIL The Smoot–Hawley Act of '30 was an attempt to protect the US from foreign competition by imposing high tariffs. The consensus view among economists and historians is that the passage of the Act had, in fact, achieved an opposite effect to what was intended. It exacerbated the Great Depression
epQVn TIL that the longest lightning flash zapped 515 miles from Texas to Kansas City
Lknp9 TIL that twelve quarterbacks have won multiple Super Bowls, accounting for 34/55 championships. It is much more likely that the Super Bowl will be won by a QB who has already won one, or will win one again (62%), than by a QB who will win just one in his career (38%).
QJM8L TIL the accent that most actors had in films from the 30's and 40's (i.e. Jimmy Stewart from It's a Wonderful Life) was known as "Transatlantic" and nobody ever actually spoke that way.
l70DB TIL that famous pirate Thomas Tew asked his crew for permission to turn to piracy, and in return they shouted “A gold chain or a wooden leg, we'll stand with you!"