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TIL yeast is a fungus.

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jNVPM TIL the reason Samuel L Jackson asked for a purple lightsaber was so that he could find himself on-screen in the Battle of Geonosis (Attack of the Clones) among the dozens of other Jedi.
4XJYw TIL that the BBC has a section where the news is written in Pidgin.
4XdyJ TIL During WWII, the only US land operation to take place on the Japanese home islands was performed by a submarine (U.S.S Barb). Crew from the sub went onto to the island and placed explosives on some tracks, which ended up sending a train into the ocean. The barb is the only sub to sink a train.
M7VXB TIL Phenylephrine, a medication used in decongestants like Sudafed, was found to be no better than a placebo in a controlled study.
jjER TIL that the Internet has a patron saint named Saint Isidore of Seville. He compiled the knowledge of the ancient world and made it accessible for his own and future generations around 600 AD.