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TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory

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wLngP TIL in 1973 before reality TV, an anthropologist sailed across the Atlantic with 11 attractive people of different races/sex/nationalities. Known as the "sex raft" he'd purposely done this to stoke sexual relations, create tension, and purposely sought danger to see if humans would act like monkeys.
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.
wode7 TIL: Sweden sold 1000 Volvo 144 cars and some other items to North Korea in the 1970s. North Korea never paid. North Korea still owes 2.2 billion Swedish kronor (234 million euros) to Sweden from these imports.
4YB6 TIL of Airforce Cadet Matthew La Porte who was studying at Virginia Tech when the shootings took place. He barricaded the door in an attempt to protect his classmates and when the shooter broke through he charged him and was shot seven times while his classmates escaped.
E1MLp TIL about ‘Transient global amnesia’. It occurs randomly and can last up to 12 hours with no repercussions or side effects. During the time you cannot create new memories or recollect recent events. Doctors have no idea why this occurs and it can happen to anyone.