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TIL Corn can only exist if cultivated by humans, and there is evidence to support humans figured this out over 7,000 years ago.

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1aMG7 TIL Head found in David Attenborough's garden was murder victim
K5P4 TIL The original Bramley apple tree planted in 1809, from which ALL Bramley apples trees are cloned, is still alive, but dying from a fungal infection.
ANNV4 TIL that Lobsang Rampa, Tibetan Monk and bestselling author of The Third Eye, was in fact Cyril Hoskin, the son of a plumber from Devonshire. When this became known, he stated he was possessed by a Tibetan monk after he fell out of a tree in his back yard whilst tying to photograph an owl.
NB8e TIL that Britain was at war with Sweden for almost 2 years without ever actually fighting. There were zero causalities and ships traded as usual.
b9Wl9 TIL after capturing Alexandria, Diocletian ordered his soldiers to kill until the blood reached his horse's knees. As if on cue, the horse fell, staining its knees in blood. He took the gods' hint, and stopped the massacre. After he left, the Alexandrians erected built a statue in the horse's honor.