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P1xBn TIL that Kentucky Bluegrass, a common grass planted in suburban lawns in the North America, is not from Kentucky, and not even native to North America. It comes from Europe, North Asia, and Northern Africa and was imported by the Spanish Empire.
awgnA TIL Stephen Colbert donates his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity
ZB4 TIL Despite having helped win WWII by cracking the German Enigma code, and being the father modern computers, the British government still refuses to posthumously pardon Alan Turing for convictions relating to his homosexuality.
l7j8a TIL that even though Bat Out of Hell is certified 14x platinum in the US, it never reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100.
wedE TIL There is a Star Wars trading card of C-3PO in which C-3PO appears with an enormous erection. Even today nobody knows how this omission happened.