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TIL that not all dietary fiber we can eat comes from plants. Chitin, found in edible insects and seafood products such as shrimp tails is a form of dietary fiber, like plant cellulose.

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m11lo TIL Frank Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys books and Carolyn Keene author of the Nancy Drew Series don't exist. They are actually pseudonyms for a variety of writers who wrote those stories
9YM07 TIL the best selling single (non religious) book of all time is "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, selling an estimated 500 million copies. It is also the oldest book on the list, being first published in 1605.
oBwAK TIL of the Collage "War" of 1919. Colorado School of Mines students detonated dynamite on the University of Denver's campus as a prank. It escalated to the point that the governor had to get involved and threaten to send troops to the school's campuses.
16xX7 TIL David Bowie, a tech visionary, launched his own internet service provider called BowieNet in 1998, offering users exclusive content, email addresses, and even web hosting
neKxW TIL a German POW called Georg Gärtner successfully escaped and lived in the US for 40 years before revealing his identity after his wife, who had no idea about his history, became increasingly frustrated over his refusal to talk about his past and threatened divorce. He became a US Citizen in 2009.