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TIL Muggles is an old 1920’s term for marijuana

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6OAw TIL there is a fortress castle called Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of Normandy, France that is accessible by foot at low tide, but becomes an island at high tide. It was the only spot in Normandy that never fell to the English during the 100 Years War. It has also served as a church and prison
x6bww TIL that in 1998, Frito-Lay released their WOW! line of potato chips, marketed as “fat free” by being cooked in Olestra, an indigestible synthetic fat. It caused severe gastrointestinal problems including the now infamous “anal leakage”
yQ4Ql TIL that when you eat fruit with its inherent fiber (aka eating the whole fruit) up to 30% of the sugar will be eaten by the microbes in your gut before it can be absorbed.
67MW TIL there is an insect of the size of a human hand called Tree Lobster, and it can only be found in Ball’s Pyramid, in Australia.
744L TIL that Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada, is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.