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TIL Fred Phelps once posted the Onion article “‘98 Homosexual-Recruitment Drive Nearing Goal” on the Westboro Baptist Church website as proof that homosexuals were trying to recruit others.

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6R4Y TIL a koi fish named Hanako lived for 225 years
AD7YB TIL there’s an herb named culantro, not to be confused with cilantro, that is related to parsley and cilantro/coriander. It is native to Mexico and Central & South America, but is used throughout the world for its culinary & medicinal properties, and is said to taste like a stronger cilantro.
epZw6 TIL: There is a New tuning Standard and it was recently patented. This shows the importance of 432 tuning.
JOjj TIL Before appearing in his first movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a self made millionaire at 22 years old thanks to his investments in real estate and a mail-order bodybuilding equipment company.
VoBZ TIL that if you play Tetris long enough you start imagining how it fits into real life and even start dreaming about it