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TIL there are more US nuns over the age of 90 than under 60

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Lk68Z TIL that billionaire investor Warren Buffet eats an unusually unhealthy diet which consists of 5 Coke products and McDonald’s breakfast daily.
16RX4 TIL that particular variety of figs are pollinated by wasps that climb inside it, lay eggs and are digested inside.
ZpGBY TIL toilet paper was invented in 1857. Before that early North American colonists used corn cobs. Sailors used ‘tow rag’, which was a long piece of frayed rope that dangled in the water.