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TIL they're called eggplants because some breeds are white and egg shaped

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0dN8L TIL: A Virginia Beach woman produced $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison “perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme”. Her husband was sentenced to 7 years in prison because he was aware of and profited from the scheme.
WXY4 TIL that in 2003 a Boeing 727 was stolen from an Angolan airport. It took off without clearance and flew out over the Atlantic with its lights and transponder switched off – and was never seen again
EKa7 TIL that 80% of the population of Czech Republic is non-religious or undeclared
wo0P1 TIL that most tap water when left out for a day will increase in pH approx. 1 unit (turns more basic) as dissolved CO2 degasses
DQMvj TIL that Ben & Jerry’s has a real “Flavor Graveyard” for discontinued ice creams.