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TIL that watermelon, oranges, and tomatoes are berries
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TIL plague doctors often were not real physicians. They rarely treated patients and instead kept a record of those who were contaminated for demographic purposes. Occasionally they would sell false cures to the sick.
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TIL In 2013, A man set up a stand near Central Park selling black and white artwork for $60. The man ended up being Banksy and the original authenticated artwork sold at the stall was valued at over $200,000 each.
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TIL that Nikita Khrushchev delivered a "secret speech" denouncing Stalin in 1956 which was so shocking that it caused heart attacks for some in attendance and others to commit suicide afterwards.
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TIL American environmentalist John Francis made the decision to refrain from speaking for a day in order to improve his ability to hear his detractors. He made it into a silent commitment for 17 years. He attended school for those 17 years, even receiving a PhD.
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TIL The United States is the only country in the world where property owners own the rights to the underground resources beneath their property