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TIL: Lemons are not a naturally occurring fruit. They were created in SE Asia by crossing a citron with a bitter orange around 4000 years ago. They were spread around the world after found to prevent scurvy. Life didn’t give us lemons.. We made them ourselves.

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W7vRB TIL that, on April 6, 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were both assassinated when their plane was shot down. In Burundi, it was seen as a tragic accident and their president was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Rwanda, it set in motion the Rwandan Genocide.
rBOx TIL that Groupon is trying to take the name GNOME, a registered trademark, from the Open Source Linux Desktop environment of the same name that’s been around for almost two decades for a proprietary app.
L4bV TIL the median age of the country of Niger is 14.8 years old. 50% of the population is under the age of 15.
AvKB TIL that many parents mistakenly fed their children dog food after a pet snack pack featuring a well known kids cartoon was put next to chips in a supermarket
dxo7 TIL that brushing one’s teeth wasn’t popular in America until after World War II, when soldiers, ordered to brush teeth, brought home their enforced habit