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TIL Pineapple is not a citrus fruit but a group of berries that have fused together.

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9YxLm [TIL] Thebes had a special forces military unit comprised entirely of Homosexual Couples. The belief was that couples on the battlefield would fight their hardest to protect their lovers and not flee for fear of looking weak in front of their significant others.
oBKL8 TIL in 1903, a man named Ellis Hughes stole a 32,000 lb meteorite by secretly moving it from a neighbor's property onto his own. It took Hughes, his son and their horse 90 days to move it 3/4 of a mile. Once it arrived, he claimed he found it there and charged 25 cents admission to see it.
kx1d TIL that 62% of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. Almost 4 out of 5 of these people HAD health insurance but bankrupted regardless because of co-payments, deductibles, and uncovered services.
WBbY TIL that the movie High School Musical was spawned from a little script titled “Grease 3” that was to star Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake as Dany and Sandy’s kids
Wkxlo TIL that Bohemian Grove is a 137 year old secret camp, that Nixon called "the most faggy goddamn thing you could ever imagine". The camp is private and only open to the rich and powerful men of the world. It's also where The Manhattan Project was initially planned.