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TIL that historically ketchup was made of mushrooms

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k8n1 TIL that pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a ship just to take their hats.
woP41 TIL That the slot in slot in the back of medicine cabinets in older homes was to dispose of used flat razor blades and fall down into the wall
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