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TIL cilantro tastes like “soap” to some people, and it is most-likely a genetically inherited trait

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lYrB TIL that US teens smoke more Marijuana than Cigarettes
jeaM TIL that not only was Albert Einstein unfaithful to both of his wives, he married his cousin Elsa the same year he divorced his first wife. He also thought about marrying Elsa’s daughter instead of her.
EgDQd TIL: The American government under J. Edgar Hoover ruined Oppenheimer's life and his descendants did not get better treatment either, his daughter committed suicide by hanging at age 32.
nWw4P TIL the “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” jingle was written by Barry Manilow
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