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TIL there are 7 states where its legal to own a pet bear
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TIL Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) was the first future US President to be born in a hospital
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TIL that Billy Joel's last hit "We didn't start the fire" that chronicled 40 years of US and World history in song was inspired by a discussion that Billy Joel had with Sean Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Sadly, only 5 of the 59 people that are mentioned in the song are still alive.
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[TIL] A Houston Texas man killed himself whilst playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. He did not realize that this type of weapon automatically chambered a round when the gun is cocked. He later won a Posthumous Darwin Award
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TIL Capsaicin, the spicy compound in hot peppers, does NOT kill tastebuds or harm your stomach. In fact, it was found to be beneficial to your digestive system - even helping to prevent and heal stomach ulcers.
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TIL that, in 2014, OkCupid admitted experimenting on its users. Most notably, they ran experiments where they told people who were in fact bad matches that they were good matches, and vice versa. They found people talked more when OkCupid "matched" them and less likely when OkC "mismatched" them.