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TIL black pepper is actually a fruit

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5Vdwn TIL Hawaii is considered the bird extinction capital of the world - Since humans arrived, 95 of 142 bird species found nowhere else in the world have become extinct in Hawaii
E1meV TIL Former president Jimmy Carter is a 3x Grammy Winner and 9x Grammy Nominee. He is also the 3rd oldest person to ever win a Grammy
4kdVR TIL about the “big Bang” guns made out of a 4.5B year meteorite and sold for $4.5M
4OrR TIL that the “Hokey Pokey” was originally called “Hokey Cokey” and possibly inspired by Canadian miners taking cocaine to cheer themselves up
epmgE TIL of the Christmas Eve tradition of 'Burning the Ashen Faggot'. Probably pagan in origin, and held in Devon, UK and surrounding counties, the ceremony involves the assembly of a large bundle of ash sticks bound with bands. When each band burns through a drink of cider is taken.