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Potatoes are close, but not close enough.

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oB9VE TIL Anne Frank’s dad edited her diary, removing things about sex and dirty jokes.
KBJw TIL cigarette butts are the most polluted items in the world, accounting for 2 billion pounds of waste per year. To combat this, entrepreneurs developed eco-friendly butts that decompose in 2-6 weeks, then sprout into trees.
JYkkB TIL There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
6EP7J TIL that in 1928 sliced bread was advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". This led to the popular phrase "greatest thing since sliced bread".
GYoyQ TIL food delivery services (like Doordash) secretly inflate the prices of food listed on their menus