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TIL J. Edgar Hoover had the world’s largest porn collection at the time

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EgJrw TIL about Paul Barton, a pianist who plays classical music for elephants in an elephant sanctuary
pK4p TIL in 2015 people spent more money at restaurants than on groceries for the first time ever according to the United States Commerce Department.
6EXRw TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners
PlBZ TIL the FBI Mined Grocery Store Records for Falafel Purchases to Find Iranian Terrorists
4rOo TIL that lemon juice makes fish taste and smell less ‘fishy’ because its acid neutralizes a chemical group in the fish called amines, making them non-volatile and stopping the smell.