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TIL refried beans are only fried once. The misconception comes from a poor translation of “frijoles refritos” which means “well fried beans”

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MeRa0 TIL at 23 River Phoenix died of a drug overdose outside a club owned by Johnny Depp in front of brother Joaquin and sister Rain Phoenix. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were performing and when he heard, good friend Flea jumped off stage during a song to run outside
1ag0D TIL The first issue of National Geographic in 1888 didn't have a single photograph and included highly technical articles such as "The Classification of Geographic Forms by Genesis"
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4XVew TIL that at least 1 in 4 people who say they've read George Orwell's 1984 are lying
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