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TIL according to the USA's National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, you should not put ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18.

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oR91Y TIL about Jim Humble, a self-proclaimed bishop that gives industrial bleach to sick people and autistic children
neKvW TIL ten years ago (June 2, 2010) baseball pitcher Armando Galarraga nearly became the 21st person to pitch a perfect game. However umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled that opposing team batter Jason Donald reached first base safely on a ground ball.
ynJp TIL: Male genital mutilation in Africa causes an unknown number of yearly deaths along with numerous penile amputations. “Countless numbers of participants are left with permanent scarring or deformity…penises have become so infected and gangrenous they literally drop off.”
EgbN7 TIL that many countries used to take ships that were no longer seaworthy, anchor them near shore, and use them as prisons. During the American Revolution, more Americans died as POWs on these ships than in combat.
YpkX7 TIL, in the early 1990s Willie Nelson had nearly all of his property confiscated and sold by the IRS, for payment of back taxes and fines. His famous guitar, named Trigger, was only saved from sale because his daughter smuggled it out of his Texas home and took it to Hawaii.