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TIL there's a traditional Filipino dish that is technically illegal to prepare.

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p8mO4 TIL Roughly 2% of the U.S. population, an estimated 620,000 men, died serving in the American Civil War. As a percentage of today's population the toll would have risen as high as 6 million. For every 3 soldiers killed in battle, 5 more died of disease.
E10OV TIL: the sun does not provide vitamin D. It synthesizes the vitamin D already in your body.
ANQYg TIL that Prince was mortified with his performance at a James Brown concert, so he waited in his limo with the intent of running over Michael Jackson after the show. MJ had asked Brown to call Prince up on stage to perform, knowing that Prince was unprepared. The story was confirmed by Quincy Jones.
oB7BA TIL that in 1874 the "American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" brought the attention to child abuse because there were no rights for protecting children. The case of Mary Ellen.
PYjwJ TIL the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, The Memphis Belle, was the second heavy bomber in the Eighth Air Force to complete 25 combat missions in the European Theatre. In those missions, she flew 148 hours, dropped more than 60 tons of bombs & had every major part of the plane replaced at least once