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TIL that California produces 82% of the world’s almonds.
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TIL of "The Tornado That Saved Washington". During the British sacking of 1814 a storm rolled in that doused most of the fires in the city (including the White House) and killed British soldiers with thrown debris
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TIL Pistachios used to almost always be sold coated with a deep red dye, to hide harmlessly but unattractively splotchy hulls. Discolored hulls is no longer an issue with better harvesting technology, allowing today's pistachios to be sold without dye.
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TIL an Ohio woman was sentenced to spend a night in the woods without food, water and entertainment for abandoning 35 kittens
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TIL the Executive Director of the Sugar Bowl, who runs one football game a year, makes more in salary than the President of the United States
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TIL, The St. Louis Browns put in a dwarf as a pinch hitter. His strike zone was so small he walked on 4 pitches and was replaced with a pinch runner.