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TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless

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GYd1Q TIL Earth's largest waterfall is... underwater. In the Denmark Strait, a warm sea collides with a cold sea, pushing the colder water over a very tall ridge — for nearly TWO MILES (3.2km). That's almost 4x longer than the biggest waterfall on land! From the surface, you wouldn't notice at all.
7rKZO TIL that even though bees are not kosher, the honey they help produce is considered so. While typically products of non-kosher animals are also considered non-kosher, honey is different because it isn't secreted by the bee itself.
dkkK TIL Knowing that other companies might copy his hand soap idea, Softsoap creator Robert R. Taylor bought 100 million hand pumps from the only two U.S. manufacturers that made them. This ensured that competitors would be unable to buy them for a whole year.
m1xOx TIL that mint decreases testosterone level, and with it, the sexual drive.
J7r1 TIL An orca named Tilikum has killed 3 people including 2 Sea World trainers. Despite all this, he remains in captivity and continues to perform at Sea World.