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66wZ TIL The book “Toons That Teach”, a text used by youth groups to teach teenagers about spirituality, recommends the Futurama episode, “Godfellas” in a lesson teaching about “Faith, God’s Will, [and] Image of God”.
e7lk TIL that HSBC was actually founded by and for drug trafficers bringing opium into China
D14OD TIL Broccoli, cabbage, kale, collared greens, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are all the same plant species, bred selectively across thousands of years to produce all these different vegetables and more.
oRRgY TIL Momma bears are so protective of their young they’ll actively seek out human occupied areas because they know male bears, who would want to kill their cubs to increase the chances they mate with them, will avoid human contact.
kObvW TIL that the direct opposite part of the world from where you are is called your ‘antipode’ and the vast majority of the USA’s antipode is actually in the Indian Ocean.