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TIL female Buddhist monks are forbidden to eat garlic
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TIL that when Matt Leblanc auditioned for the role of Joey on friends he only had $11 to his name. First thing he bought after his paycheck was a hot dinner.
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TIL redheads have a 25% higher pain threshold, can make their own supply of vitamin D and feel temperature changes better than the rest of us due to their 'redhead gene' MC1R.
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TIL of the Metz Company, where you could send in 27 dollars and receive car parts. Eventually, you'd have enough for a full car.
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TIL in 1960, Fidel Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba. The US sent CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow him, but failed due to missed military strikes. Castro captured the exiles, but ultimately freed them in exchange for medical supplies and baby food worth $53M.
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TIL that the mayor of Portland is the assistant to the mayor in the show ‘Portlandia’