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TIL avocados used to be called “alligator pears.”

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Lk9MP TIL about a man who shot a protected saguaro cactus down with his shotgun in 1982. The cactus fell on him, crushing and impaling him to death.
oRNGo TIL Scientists study hibernating bears to understand their physiology to improve treatments for osteoporosis, muscle loss (from aging or cancer), diabetes, and/or inducing a near hibernation state for human space travel.
NXnPM TIL that on March 27, 1790, Harvey Kennedy invented the shoelace with aglets.
jNe4a TIL Nikola Tesla, a man who spoke 8 languages, made dozens of inventions, was 1.88 m tall and is known to us as one of the greatest geniuses ever, once said "that he felt he could never be worthy enough for a woman, considering women superior in every way."
8RyX TIL that the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger’s command center is in Marilyn Manson’s “The Dope Show.”