Post * GYMNj — Curious Curator

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TIL that New Jersey made the tomato their state vegetable in 2005, justifying the decision with an 1893 ruling by the Supreme Court that although tomatoes are actually fruits, they would be legally considered vegetables.

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GQn7 TIL The Beach Boys stole the song “Never Learn Not To Love” from Charles Manson. Manson later attempted to murder them, but the police were never called because the Beach Boys were afraid the truth would ruin their image.

oBlNr TIL that Terry Fox was a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient who ran 3339 miles across Canada in 143 days before dying to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $715 million as of today to support cancer research.

l7XvB TIL David Koresh and the Branch Davidians set their own fires in their Waco Texas compound as a self-fulfilling prophecy, killing their own followers and children.

EvGp TIL: Two kittens, and three men, crossed the Atlantic on a raft made of 9 telephone poles in 1956. The kittens were given to the Duke of Bedford, the Queen’s cousin, and lived out their days in luxury.

b9L6N TIL that the same engineer who was responsible for adding lead (TEL) to gasoline was also responsible for the widespread use of CFCs as refrigerants. The same person was responsible for two of the worst air pollutants of the twentieth century.