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TIL Pinecones are a type of fruit

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a8wa0 TIL that ephedrine, one of the main ingredients in methamphetamine, is made from ephedra, a plant which has been used in traditional medicine for over 2,000 years.
eDwg TIL there’s a fruit in japan whose extract is 300-times as sweet as sugar, and is commonly used for treating diabetes/obesity.
x6lyo TIL about Cacareco, a female black rhinoceros who won a city council election with over 100,000 votes
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rEg4 TIL Christopher John Boyce was a convicted spy for the Soviet Union sentenced to 40 years in prison. In 1980, he escaped federal prison and was on the run for 1yr and 8 months, during which time he committed 17 bank robberies and studied aviation so he could eventually flee to the Soviet Union.