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TIL black pepper is actually a fruit

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QJKm9 TIL For seven generations, the Crane family have been the sole supplier of the paper that the U.S. Dollar is printed on.
y90w TIL that if you are INVOLUNTARILY bumped off your flight, U.S. airlines are required to give you cash or a check of the one-way fare to your destination equal to 200% of that amount if you arrive 1 to 2 hours late on next flight. More than 2 hours gets you 400%.
neQV9 TIL It would take 375,000 Lego bricks stacked one on top of another to destroy the bottom brick. The tower would be nearly 12,000 feet tall.
9Y8oD TIL about US presidential pet hamsters Debbie and Billie. Billie, who ate his own children, who was then eaten by Debbie, who then died of indigestion.
nmN9 TIL eating “fat-free” foods can actually cause a greater gain in weight than eating regular high fat foods