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TIL Kiwifruit originated from China in 1904. It is not native to New Zealand.

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xVwKo TIL about "hypermiling", where drivers double the range of a Tesla by using one motor, no A/C, and no brakes. In 2017 an Italian driver drove a Model S for 670mi (1080km) on a single charge.
mxRvv TIL in 1996 NBA star Mahmud Abdul Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem. His career ended as a result.
D1J TIL That Actor Christopher Lee, Witnessed the Last Public Guillotine Execution in France.
69WWX TIL about the AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning circulation). A current of warm water that flows from the south to the north of the Atlantic. If it gets warmer, it could have catastrophic effects on the Arctic. This week the UK recorded its highest ever temperatures in their part of the sea.
vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.