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Today I learned Vanilla bean plants are actually orchids

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Eg0Nw TIL About Hart Island in NYC, Final Resting Place for 1,000,000+ People
yQmmv Today I Learned about migratory beekeeping, the practice of using beehives to pollinate crops. Millions of bees are transported across America each year to pollinate avocados, cherries, apples, melons, lettuce and other crops. For this reason, many American vegetables are not strictly vegan.
d8Gk8 TIL that the record for the most overdue library book is 288 years. The book was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge by Colonel Robert Walpole (England) in 1667–68 and returned in 1956.
XE6Gr TIL a woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull to protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away
69ynw TIL Mississippi did not complete ratification and certification of the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery) until 1995 and 2013