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TIL Tucker Carlson's mother left him only $1 because she couldn't stand him

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l7DKK TIL: That the Mixtecs milked murex sea snails for a purple dye called tixinda instead of crushing them like the Romans did for Tyrian purple.
DQV4r TIL the U.S. FDA has an “acceptable” level of bug parts in ground coffee (and other foods) that is between 4–6%.
OpY TIL, In 2008 an 80 year old retired Green Beret received a court-martial from Chapter XXXIII of the Special Forces Association after he shot an intruder in the head with a .22 pistol. The reason for the court-martial: The intruder survived, so he should have used a bigger gun.
VM9w4 TIL that Dick Van Dyke once fell asleep while surfing, drifted into open water and was rescued by dolphins who pushed him back to shore
yl6X TIL the word Saudade, a Portuguese word with no English translation, means the empty sadness and longing for that which may never return that accompanies nostalgia.