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TIL I learned that bananas are considered berries while strawberries are not

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og6A TIL that Chinese mathematician Yitang Zhang could not get an academic job upon graduating, having to work as an accountant and a delivery worker for a New York City restaurant. He later went on to solve a math problem that had been unsolved for 150 years and won a MacArthur Genius Grant
Eg1PP TIL: Rhododendrons and Azaleas are toxic to both pets and humans, including honey made from both plants.
NVeP TIL a black slave called Yasuke was made a samurai by Oda Nobunaga, and was said to have strength greater than 10 men.
pOdA TIL of James Allan Ward. In WW2, the right wing of his Wellington bomber was set afire by a german fighter. He took a canvas cover, crawled onto the wing in mid-flight and put the fire out. His plane landed safely back in Great Britain.
jNgAX Russia sent trained dolphins to war in Syria.