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TIL that most butterfly’s depicted in art are shown as dead
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TIL An April Fool’s Day Joke on the BBC resulted in a number of people contacting them in order to discover how they could grow their own Spaghetti Trees. At the time, Spaghetti was fairly unknown in the UK. It is regarded as one of the biggest hoaxes ever from a reputable news establishment.
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TIL Open-faced sandwiches are inspected by the USDA, while closed-faced sandwiches are inspected by the FDA.
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TIL that the Go-Go's are the only all-female band to both write their own songs and play their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.
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TIL that "butt load" is an actual unit of measurement, equivalent to 126 gallons.
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TIL that dropping molten glass into cold water produces a tadpole-like shape whose head can withstand hammer blows, but which explodes violently if its tail is damaged.