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TIL of the Jim Twins, two identical twins who were separated at birth and lived nearly identical lives. They married and divorced different women with the same names, had dogs with the same names, smoked the same type of cigarettes, drove the same type of car, and vacationed at the same beach.

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DQY1J TIL that Gac fruit(fruit from heaven) has 70 times more lycopene than tomatoes, 40 times more vitamin C than oranges and 10 times more beta carotene than carrots. It is an orange spiked melon like fruit grown on vines that is native to Asia. Typically used to make a traditional red sticky rice dish
ypL8 TIL The Amazing Randi (James Randi), while debunking a psychic who bent silverware, was accused of being a fraud. Twice he was accused of using actual psychic powers to pretend he was just a magician.
Z88MY TIL of Terry Grosz, a fish and game warden that caught illegal fishers by waiting in the Eel river in a wetsuit and reeled himself in when the fisherman cast out their lines. After writing citations and confiscating their fishing rods, he went back into the river and swam away.
W7kJ8 TIL tin leprosy or tin pest that destroyed pipe organs in the medieval times happens because at 13.2 °C (56F) and below, tin transforms from the silvery, ductile metallic allotrope of β-form white tin to the brittle, non-metallic, α-form grey tin.
JEVm TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.