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TIL using fountain pens in a school in Edinburgh improved academic performance and self esteem

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R7o49 TIL though Madagascar now produces 80% of the world’s vanilla, the vine is native to Mexico. The Maya were the first to cultivate it in the jungles of the Yucatan peninsular. They flavoured their chocolate drink with the spice.
W7gNA TIL the 1991 movie Hook was originally meant to be a musical
yVB4p TIL that the first incidence of "Going Postal" happened in Edmond, OK in 1986.
M4bK TIL Ren Xiaofeng, a manager of The Agricultural Bank of China, stole $26,000 from the bank with the intention of buying lottery tickets, winning, and repaying the initial theft. Against the odds, it worked so he tried again with $6.7 million. He lost all but $95,000 and was sentenced to death.
VM65D TIL that IPA (India pale ale) was originally a British beer brewed for export to India that was specially formulated to survive the long sea voyage.