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TIL: Every Banana sold in the UK is a clone of the banana grown at the famous Staffordshire theme park 'Alton Towers'

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ejgE TIL that during the filming of Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Jeff Goldblum’s suggestion, as he felt a heroic action was better than going by the original script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm would get scared and run away.
e00XD It would take a moon-sized object to move the moon.
ew0E TIL That in Russia, in times of economic desparity or high inflation, teachers can be payed in Vodka.
0dr8j TIL people are still learning Manchu language (used by the Chinese Qing empire) to study ancient Qing texts in Taiwan (but Manchus now speak Mandarin Chinese, and FYI the Chinese most people in the world now learn is a Manchu accent Chinese)
woOd8 TIL that while today they are a significant part of the cuisine, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Chilies, Maize are not native to India, some coming as late as 17th century.