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TIL a banana is a berry

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5YPlk TIL according to a study in 2012, 45% of Americans said the holiday season brings so much financial pressure, they would prefer to skip it altogether.
9YvLp TIL that the British sent ships and men to the US at the start of WWII to protect us from German U-boats. One ship sank and all 37 men on-board died. Only 4 washed up on shore. A special "British Cemetery" was created and it is leased in perpetuity to England so the men are at rest on British soil
QJxMk TIL Microplastics in Fresh Water Are Mostly Laundry Lint
kMN1 TIL in 1985 a Soviet icebreaker rescued a large pod of beluga whales trapped by pack ice, leading them to safety by playing music to lure them out through the cleared channels.
VbpZ TIL that in 1995, the UN and the World Health Organization published a study that said “that occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems.” Publication was discontinued to threats from the USA representative to withdraw funding.