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TIL that bananas do not grow on trees. The banana plant is specifically classified as an arborescent (a tree-like) perennial herb making banana a berry.

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VMBKQ TIL that Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson never got into drugs and showed his kids what people that got messed up by drugs looked like to let them judge for themselves.
d8QPr TIL when John Lennon got his driving license, numerous luxury car dealers brought their wares to Lennon's house, so that the rock star could personally see their cars without leaving his house. The idea worked for a Ferrari dealer, as Lennon bought a 330GT 2+2 from him.
GDEg TIL on 5 March 1945, a Gurkha soldier in the British army calmly stood up in open sight and killed a sniper pinning down his company before going on to clear 5 enemy bunkers, single-handedly, all whilst under heavy fire.
d0BB TIL that in 2011 researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany. Since then some have been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
RmRQ TIL that a pilot survived after spending 15 minutes outside the plane when he was sucked out of the cockpit due to the windshield falling off with only two stewards holding onto his legs. The co-pilot managed to safely land the plane.