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TIL that those long stringy things that run down the sides of bananas are called "Phloem"

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ADk6n TIL that in 1958, an earthquake created a tsunami that was the largest wave ever known. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level.
PYkXZ TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. spent roughly $3 million each year on weather modification campaigns designed to draw out the monsoon season and even one campaign involved an attempt to flood the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the main route that enemy fighters were using to deliver their supplies.
R5MOa TIL that CBS offered actress Candice Bergen to work as a journalist after "Murphy Brown". She declined, not wanting to blur between actor and journalist.
Ey1P TIL Alexander Graham Bell originally suggested ‘ahoy’ be adopted as the standard greeting when answering a telephone, before 'Hello’ (suggested by Thomas Edison) became common.
1aYe8 TIL the first computer password was stolen in 1961 by a PhD candidate named named Allan Scherr. He stole it from his colleague, Fernando Corbató, who invented computer passwords in 1960. Scherr stole the password because he wanted more time on the computer.