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TIL the US Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that tomatoes are a vegetable.

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lonQV TIL sugar rushes were determined to be a myth in 1985 (and again in 1995)
4k4ZR TIL that the world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s candy pieces is 6.
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
LQj59 TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out customs forms when they returned from the Moon, listing their departure as "Moon" and cargo as "moon rocks and dust samples."
0wPQj TIL that Boston Corbett, who was responsible for shooting, killing John Wilkes Booth in a standoff, was so religious that he castrated himself after a brief encounter w/ two prostitutes in Boston