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TIL that instant coffee is made by brewing fresh coffee, then evaporating the water (Or by freeze-drying it).

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g0AX TIL that a boy named Anton Salonen caused an international incident after his Finnish father, with the help of Finnish diplomats, kidnapped his son back after the boys Russian mother kidnapped the boy in the first place.
6oXQ TIL Ching Shih was a prostitute, captured by pirates. She then became a pirate herself, commanding a fleet of hundreds of ships and at least 20,000 pirates. She never lost a battle against the Chinese, British, and Portuguese navies before retiring rich after being pardoned.
gr8x8 TIL that Jimmy Carter (born 1924) was the first president of the United States of American to have been born in a hospital.
0oWA TIL that Coconuts are so important in the Cook Islands they ask about them in the census. For the record, each home eats ten coconuts per week… and feeds 75 to their animals.
Ox51 TIL that Jennifer Friede, an activist and mother of four who spent years trying to convince people that Marijuana was far safer than alcohol, was killed by a drunk driver going the wrong way on the interstate. The uninsured drunk driver walked away with minimal injuries.