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TIL That Pine Nuts come from Pine Cones

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l7oj5 TIL about Narcocorridos or drug songs commissioned by drug cartels to sing about the illegal drug business
69DxY TIL the average life expectancy of 76 is misleading, the most common age people die at is 87 in the US.
a8xJy TIL that in King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), For the attack of the giant octopus, four live octopuses were used. Three of them were released after filming the scene, the 4th became the special effects directors dinner that night.
Y78Zv TIL that Memorial Day is reserved for honoring fallen military personnel while Veterans Day is for celebrating all military veterans, living or dead, who have served the country
YpX4r TIL The full lyrics to "Oh My Darling, Clementine" recount the narrator falling in love with a woman named Clementine, but she drowns in a river so the narrator promptly goes for her little sister