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TIL Morgan Freeman is against Black History Month

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Ogg1 TIL that the colour orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around. Until that time the colour was referred to as yellow-red and may be why red hair got its misnomer.
9006 TIL BB King was a licensed pilot and flew to his own gigs up until age 70.
lk9B TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy, kohlrabi and others are all technically the same plant. Through history, different cultures bred the plant to express different qualities, creating the varied cultivars we see today.
9jDr TIL there is a sport called ‘kiiking’ , popular in Estonia, where people swing on swings all the way, a full 360 degrees
6EV8 TIL: some mathematicians want to do away with PI