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TIL Science discovered almonds have 20% fewer calories than previously thought and challenge the way calories have been measured for 100 years

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E1VPX TIL that Abraham Lincoln had dual citizenship (San Marino), it was granted to him by the San Marino government at the beginning of the American Civil War.
n8M7 TIL that in many states, it’s completely legal to ride in the bed of a truck or trunk of a car, and in many others, it’s restricted in other ways(over 18 only, etc.)
gAvW TIL that three men from Yemen sued NASA for invading Mars. They claim that they “inherited the planet from our ancestors 3,000 years ago”.
eP1n TIL that a popular 70s Japanese kids show called Rascal the Raccoon led to a raccoon adoption craze in Japan. Eventually, raccoons invaded the wild, where they continue to this day to wreak havoc on infrastructure and the environment as they have no natural predators.
oBPdR TIL that the five Olympic rings were introduced in 1912 with the five colors representing each and every colour that appeared on the flags of the Olympic's competing nations at that time