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TIL ‘Fruit’ is a botanical term and 'vegetable’ is a culinary term, so certain vegetation such as tomatoes, green beans, eggplants, and cucumbers could be called either fruits or vegetables.

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rN1ay TIL that according to US Middle East Specialist Edgar Wright, an unknown individual impersonated Harry Truman's voice on the telephone and swayed the President of Haiti into voting for a motion at the UN.
VMVxm TIL Rufous elephant shrews are native to the dry savannas of eastern Africa.The shrews spend as much as half their waking hours maintaining tidy trails to navigate through their territory and find food. Remarkably, they do not sleep with their eyes closed and only sleep for 2 or 3 minutes at a time.
16897 TIL about George Spencer. He was executed by hanging for charges of sodomy after being convicted for an alleged sexual act with an animal. When a sow gave birth to a malformed piglet resembling Spencer, it was believed that this was irrefutable evidence that an act of bestiality had taken place
p8QjZ TIL that in Finland it is illegal for schools to charge tuition and so rich kids go to the same schools as everyone else (including universities!)
6WAm TIL: The very first episode of South Park took 3 and a half months to complete on a budget of $300,000.