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TIL pineapple in most non-English natives is different but they share the same name.

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1AxD TIL Vaselina is the Mexican title for the movie Grease
r9gM TIL: The FBI testified to “100% certainty” of finger print match of an innocent man (and how little science is involved in forensic “science”).
YE8r TIL an English organist named Jeremiah Clarke wanted to commit suicide. He couldn’t decide whether to hang himself or drown so he flipped a coin. The coin landed on it’s edge in the mud so he ended up shooting himself instead.
Wk7wY Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can't rescue your melted ice-cream sundae. To cook food, a microwave oven converts voltage into high-frequency electromagnetic microwaves. The molecules in food—especially water and fat—absorb this energy and wiggle at high speeds, causing them to heat rapidly and warm the surrounding food. Although quickly turning leftovers cold would be handy, this is a one-way operation, explains David Pozar, a professor and microwave expert at the University of Massachusetts.
QZGX TIL some old folks home have fake bus stops to trick senile patients, and some even go as far as to have advertisements from 30 years ago in the bus stops!