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TIL peppermints that you get after meals aren’t only to give you fresh breath, but they also aid in digestion.

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6rLZ TIL that the director of ‘The Hangover’ tried convincing the actors to let him use a live taser, but the Warner Bros. lawyers quickly intervined
AJda TIL Bill O'Reilly’s book “Killing Lincoln” isn’t sold at Ford’s Theatre because it is “riddled with inaccuraccies”
mnKv TIL the Portuguese man o’ war isn’t a jellyfish and isn’t even a single organism. Instead, it is a colony of smaller interdependent organisms. It can also deflate its sail to avoid attack.
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9Yjem TIL In 2007, China bought the largest copper deposit in Afghanistan for $3 Billion, making it the largest foreign investment in Afghanistan's history. The Chinese company also promised to build proper housing, a railway, a 400-megawatt power plant and a coal mine, none of which have been fulfilled.