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TIL Pace picante uses 25 million pounds of jalapeños each year

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78lgP TIL in 1981, Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. The ban wasn't enforced till 2007. In 2017 600,000 were still living in slavery, and only 1 person was prosecuted for owning slaves.
VZj0 TIL that about 68% of people experience “phantom vibration syndrome”, where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing in your pocket
GGAG TIL After a rude interaction, Zach Galifianakis once told January Jones “… everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so be fucking nice.”
ADe4B TIL that George Orwell suffered damage to his vocal cords after he was shot by a sniper whilst fighting during the Spanish Civil War in 1937
nW71P TIL there's a dog obesity crisis in the United Kingdom