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TIL cannabis and hops are in the same family, Cannabaceae. It’s also why sometimes you open a beer and it smells just a little bit like weed.

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xVXlg TIL that before the British royal family was the Royal House of Windsor, they were the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They changed the name to sound more British during WWI after a German air raid killed a class of schoolchildren in London, whipping up extreme anti-German sentiment in the UK.
9YXdQ TIL Australians have an unofficial holiday, Gravy Day (Dec. 21) based on a 1996 Paul Kelly song about a man in jail writing to his family about longing to be with them at Christmas
e0gPD Contrary to long-standing theory, organized religion appeared long before cultures began adopting agriculture.
kObJg TIL that sharks are older than trees
ZP0R TIL Pianos are so out-of-demand, that you can now adopt one.