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TIL the US was sold Kazakhstan’s uranium supply through a diplomat’s car mechanic

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R7Er1 TIL while "instant mashed potatoes" tend to be associated with modern and instant foods, the process of drying and grinding starchy vegetables for storage goes back to ancient times. The Incas made a freeze-dried potato food called chuño and Japanese Ainu cuisine also uses ground and dried potatoes.
9wL77 TIL: Ducks have ballistic penises and corkscrew vaginas
6EWmJ TIL Paranormal Activity is the most profitable film ever made, as it only had a budget of $15,000 and still made over $190 million in the box office
DQ7BV TIL Thomas Edison worked on a Spirit Phone which would allow humans to connect with the dead
KO99w TIL That the older brother of John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert shortly before the Lincoln assassination. Edwin stopped Robert from being run over by a train on a crowded platform, after he had fallen forward on the tracks.