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TIL that Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has a collection of over 1,500 tambourines, with a dedicated room in his house to store them

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6ELrX TIL The cashew "apple" is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor. The cashew “nut” is the seed of the fruit. The shell of the cashew seed is used for lubricants, waterproofing, paints and arms production.
xwR1 TIL Actor Samuel L. Jackson had a stuttering problem as a child and still sometimes battles with it today. To combat the stutter he uses the curse word “motherf**ker” as an affirmation word.
9RZ7 TIL that the Mars company does not approve of people deep frying their chocolate bars because “it does not fit the company’s promotion of healthy living”.
0wrX5 TIL Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, who personally intervened and stopped the My Lai massacre, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his action. However, after reading the citation, which included a fabricated account of him rescuing a young girl under heavy fire, he threw his medal away.
X04mj TIL that 13% of American households own backyard chickens