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TIL first aid training is required to get a driver’s license in Germany in order to ensure that in the event of an accident other drivers will be able to help

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X0glD TIL a group from California that represents plum farmers and distributors promoted the use of prune puree on school lunch beef patties following declining prune sales in the mid 90s. This lead to a short lived period of schools incorporating fruit fused burgers into their students diet.
8a7X TIL. There exists a Mohawk settlement on land reclaimed, by force, from the United States.
dDZNr TIL about Manichaeism, a former major religion founded in the 3rd century by the Iranian prophet Mani. At its peak, it was one of the most widespread religions on Earth. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far as China to the Roman Empire. It was briefly a main rival to early Christianity.
JLm TIL that early in Jim Carrey’s life, before he had become famous, both he and his family had to live in their Volkswagen van.
4OwX TIL Samuel L. Jackson got rid of his stutter by developing an affinity for the word “motherfucker”