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TIL in 2022, Turkey officially changed its name to Türkiye

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QJ4Qa TIL in 1956 writer Harper Lee received an envelope from family and friends with a year’s salary in it. it read “you have one year off from your job to write whatever you want. Merry Christmas.” She wrote to Kill a Mockingbird which won the Pulitzer Prize and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
1P04 TIL of Watermelon mosaic virus, a virus that “draws” circles on watermelons.
69eBQ TIL: Biotech companies are using precision fermentation to turn plant material (e.g. potatoes) into chocolate in an effort to decrease the child-labor (2 million kids working in Western African cacao farms) and deforestation (-80% in Ivory Coast alone) caused by supplying the world with chocolate.
W7xgA TIL that the playing cards English-speaking countries use (Diamonds, Clubs, etc.) are French in origin. Other European countries use completely different symbols.
BgL5e TIL that Gene Kelly was sick while filming the iconic scene from “Singin’ in the rain”.