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TIL most Wasabi we eat is just horseradish, mustard and food coloring. Real Wasabi comes from grating the root Wasabia Japonica.

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nbbd TIL that the Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate (up to 500 years), and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old
eJJ4 TIL when Three Six Mafia beat out Dolly Parton to win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song, Dolly was thrilled, and personally sent a congratulatory letter, “We’re proud of you guys, and I’m just glad that the Oscar came back to Tennessee one way or another!”
JYMxV TIL that Tutankhamun's mummy contains oldest known genetic proof of malaria.
1lxV TIL ExxonMobile, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips are descendant companies of John D. Rockefeller’s oil empire Standard Oil. Rockefeller was worth $237 billion.
mX0v TIL Al Gore won the Noble Prize over a woman who saved 2,500 children during the Holocaust