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TIL Edamame is immature soybean

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4XwwX TIL that the 3 times that the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution has been invoked for an acting President, all have been concerned with colonoscopies.
OoLNa TIL in the 1930s a DuPont chemist found that crystals of a substance called PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) tasted very bitter to some but were tasteless to others (about 75% taste bitterness). Researchers found three variants in a gene called TAS2R38. Two copies of this variant make you non-taster.
b98Dj TIL Looney Tunes voice actor Mel Blanc used to talk to random people on a CB radio (truckers radio). He would often use the nickname “Bugs” or “Daffy” and would talk in said voices accordingly.
LkG50 TIL about the rather amusing story of the introduction of the ukulele to Hawaii in 1879.
GAwG7 TIL of the Acali expedition, a social experiment that aimed to investigate interpersonal relationships in an isolated environment. Nicknamed the "Sex Raft," its participants remained peaceful throughout, even when the researcher tried to incite conflict.