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Today I learned seagulls can live for up to 30 years

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Rvow TIL of a social experiment a teacher created in the 80s to show kids that a “New Hitler” could emerge at any time. The movie based on the true story is called The Wave.
4kvBN TIL that the cornfield in the beginning of Interstellar was planted specifically for the movie and sold for a profit
JZm8 TIL that tomatoes, although botanically a fruit, are legally a vegetable as a result of the 1893 Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden, as “they are seen as vegetables because they are usually eaten as a main course instead of being eaten as a dessert.”
woL6o TIL the state of Florida has a Python Elimination Program where they pay by length for individuals to hunt pythons
v1JV8 TIL The only daughter of Joseph Stalin lived in a small Wisconsin town until her death in 2011