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TIL Watermelons originated in a desert.

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e0bWJ TIL that Caribbean sperm whales have a different “speaking” accent than whales in other oceans.
X0kaj TIL that nearly the entire student body and faculty of Ole Miss joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and suffered a 100% casualty rate.
aQ7J TIL friends and family of writer Henery David Thoreau were shocked by his tranquil acceptance of death. When asked on his deathbed if “he had made peace with God” he responded “I did not know we had ever quarreled.”
Egy6d TIL Walt Disney World in Florida was originally not going to have a version of the popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride. As Florida is part of the Caribbean, Disney felt Floridians would find it redundant.
GYmk1 TIL that Rasputin, (the legendary Russian mystic that slept with half of Russia) had his penis preserved after he was killed.