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TIL There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth

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menE TIL There is a mental psychosis known as Jerusalem syndrome which is the phenomenon whereby a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology becomes psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem.
kOvdB TIL Sunflower roots produce sugar, alcohol, and biofuel. "Sunroots" can be eaten by people and livestock. Sunroots are prebiotic with bioactive medicinal compounds demonstrating antifungal, antioxidant, and anticancer properties. They grow in drought, poor soil and resist pests, disease, and fungus.
KYyoE TIL that several Congressional investigations have found no evidence to believe that any American prisoners were held in southeast Asia after the end of the Vietnam war
PQYn TIL In the year 2000, Japanese citizens voted that instant noodles are the best national invention of the 20th century.
wLODJ TIL the original ending for First Blood had Rambo killing himself but Sylvester Stallone asked for it to be change because he believed the character had suffered enough