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TIL Chili peppers are native only to the Americas. India and Thailand didn’t have spicy food before Columbus

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RKN7 TIL Google searches for ‘Tinder’ peak at 12.30am, 'porn’ at 1.30am and 'lonely’ at 2.30am
l7J7B TIL Legendary singer song writer Bobbie Gentry ('Ode to Billy Joe', 'Fancy', etc) abruptly quit the music business at the height of her fame in 1982 and disappeared. To this day it is not known where she went, what she did, or where she currently resides. All efforts to contact her have failed.
KbXR TIL The founder of match.com lost his girlfriend to someone she met on match.com
M7ROW TIL the Persian King Agha Mohammad Khan commanded the killing of two attendants for their loudness. On a holy day, he delayed their execution for a day and had them go back to their work. The attendants assassinated the king while he was sleeping that night.
M7bpW TIL The small tropical city of Sanya on Hainan Island, now a global tourism destination, was annexed by Emperor Qin in 214 BCE and was considered inaccessible, mysterious in ancient China. Mainly inhabited by ethnic Li and Miao, barriers and poor transportation prevented Han people from visiting it