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

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4Qla TIL that when contestants win a car on The Price is Right, they don’t actually get the car on stage. Instead they get a certificate to take to a local dealership, where they pay sales tax
nvnY TIL Mark Twain was born during a visit by Halley’s Comet and predicted he would die during its next visit. He wrote “here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together” He died the day after Halley’s Comet returned.
Wkpj8 TIL in 2009, a molecular biologist discovered a gene mutation that prevents fruitflies from getting drunk. She dubbed it "Happyhour". The same scientist had earlier identified mutations causing super-sensitivity and increased tolerance to alcohol, calling them "Cheapdate" & "Hangover", respectively.
e0Rdg TIL, that a lady named Joy Milne claimed to identify a Parkinson's patients by smell. On testing , she suspected 7 of the 12 participated subjects were diagnosed, while only 6 of them were diagnosed. 8 months later, The 7th was found to have Parkinson's.
dAdK TIL that in 1997 a 23 year old French man took the identity of 16 year old missing child from San Antonio, Texas. Which got him from Spain, to America, got him a U.S. citizenship and fooled the family that he was their child.