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TIL mulberries are more closely related to figs than to raspberries or blackberries

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w4eP TIL “Getting Someones Goat” comes from goats’ ability to calm race horses…opponents stealing the goat from the horses’ stall the night before a race would upset the horse and hurt their chances
Wkx5A TIL that Circuit city's exectutives, when suggested to by a consultant, opened a used car retailer that didn't charge transaction fees. That company, CarMax, is currently the largest used car dealership in the United States with 173 locations.
6QYl TIL that late at night, when astronomer Harlow Shapley discovered our sun was not near the center of the Milky Way, he found the only other person in the building, a cleaning lady, and explained his discovery, and said that they were the only two people on Earth that understood it.
jNo8M TIL There is no "Missing Link" in Human Evolution. The term "missing link" has fallen out of favor with biologists because it implies the evolutionary process is a linear phenomenon and that forms originate consecutively in a chain. Instead, the term Last Common Ancestor is preferred.
ypRe TIL in order to qualify to be a police officer in Japan, the student must obtain a black belt in Judo. In addition, courses are given in calligraphy, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, poetry writing, and Japanese flute to sensitize a police officer to the artistic side of human nature.