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TIL that Texas seceded from Mexico because slavery was illegal in Mexico

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d8rjd TIL that the clicking noise sperm whales use to communicate is so loud that it can be heard by other whales thousands of miles away and can make a human body intensely vibrate to the point of death.
nWBYo TIL Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer fame) is a hobbyist programmer, who owns both a GitHub account and a Discord server.
KJ0G TIL There is a book that is over 800 years old, that is 3 feet tall and almost 2 feet thick. It is known as the Devils Bible and was written by a single person.
GYraN TIL: Singer/songwriter Christopher Cross once filled in on guitar for Ritchie Blackmore at a Deep Purple concert when Ritchie fell ill from a flu shot.
nW7VW TIL chickpeas are the healthiest bean in the legume family (11g protein and 35g fiber in 1 cup) and also fixes it's own nitrogen from the atmosphere, leaving extra stores of the nutrient in the soil for future crops to consume. Chickpeas can also, under proper farming conditions, sequester carbon.