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TIL the pickled ginger served with most sushi is meant to cleanse your palate between different pieces and can be offensive to the chef if used as a topping.

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781pZ TIL The IRS Form to request assistance from the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) when unable to resolve tax issues through normal channels is called form 911.
dDXv8 TIL the creator of Shaft was white
GA1KE TIL Scientists have tried to answer the question "Where have all the bloody teaspoons gone?" and discovered they have a half life of 81 days.
e01Qb TIL that a carpenter from Lowa used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college. He grew up poor and had no wife or child of his own. He went to work every and thanks to his efforts he saved up almost 3mil "I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I'd like to help kids go to college."
p85xp TIL There is a crowd-sourcing project in collaboration between historians, social scientists and the African American Civil War Museum with goals to improve our knowledge of the African Americans who fought for freedom in the American Civil War. And you can help by transcribing images!