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TIL There is a man in Paris who invites complete strangers to his house for a dinner party each week. He has been doing this for 30+ years!

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APml TIL in 1945 a thousand Japanese troops retreated through a swamp at night and were set upon by crocodiles, only 20 made it out alive.
WdnA TIL that there is a ‘your momma’ insult in the bible (2 Kings 9:22). When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”
nxWG TIL that if you plant an apple seed, the resulting tree will not produce the same kinds of apples. In fact, they will taste significantly different and may be unsuitable for human consumption.
R5WJw TIL one species of spider beetle can survive temperatures of up to 56 degrees Celsius.
p0X4 TIL Andre the Giant’s physique was due to acromegaly, a treatable (and often reversible) gland disease that causes constant secretion of growth hormone. Despite doctors and friends begging him to have surgery, he refused: “If this is the size that God wanted me to be, I’m going to be this size.”