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TIL the color orange was named after the fruit

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kJYl4 TIL in 1971 a radical faction calling itself the Weather Underground claimed credit for a bomb exploding in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.(no injuries, just damages).
d888K TIL That in the 1700’s, tomatoes were thought to be poisonous because people died after eating them. The real issue was people using pewter plates and the acidity of tomatoes leached lead out of them causing lead poisoning
AYjd TIL that Cheetahs were once classified as canines and it’s because their feet are more like dogs’ feet than cats’.
p8eN TIL Thomas Jefferson’s personal Bible was a copy he re-edited himself to remove all supernatural elements, leaving only universally accepted moral teachings in the book.
PYJAe TIL airline pilots have to retire at 65.