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TIL that the most expensive cherries in the world were sold ¥1000 (US$9.7) per cherry. 🍒

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b98KE TIL Every 4th of July The Philadelphia Liberty Bell is tapped (not rung) 13 times to honor the 13 colonies
epBvk TIL Ronald Reagan would eat jelly beans to help him quit smoking. He had over 300 thousand jelly beans shipped to the White House each month, he would give them away to visitors and staff regularly. His favorite flavor was black licorice and there are special "Jelly Belly Ronald Reagan" packs.
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p8674 TIL about the My Way killings, a social phenomenon in the Philippines referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose due to the singing of the song My Way by Frank Sinatra in karaoke bars.