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TIL about the “Magic 8”. Before 1491, corn, beans, squash, chili, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao weren’t found anywhere in the world outside of the Americas.

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nWKpG TIL of hyperforeignism, when people mispronounce foreign words that are actually simpler than they expect
1aBbW TIL that "arrack" is a type of alcoholic spirit from South Asia/Indonesia fermented from the sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane. Arrack predates all "New World" spirits and is the parent of rum.
W40Y TIL the National Space Agency budget was 4.41% of the national budget the year we went to the moon. Today it is 0.4 of the national budget.
a8gW9 TIL that dingos are considered by many to be a distinct species, Canis dingo. Making it the only native terrestrial animal in the order Carnivora.
j6ZWM TIL that over half of the US state names came from Native American terms/expressions