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TIL black pepper is actually a fruit

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oRZ5R TIL community or homeowner associations govern some 74 million people nationwide in America
J17Zl TIL James Bradley calculated the speed of light with a 0.4% error margin in 1729
wR6J TIL that Nestlé promoted breast milk subsitutes in developing countries which lead to the death of infants
KYyMa TIL that multiple small body fragments were found in one of the engines on United Airlines Flight 811, indicating at least one of the nine victims ejected was sucked into the engine
0Ypp TIL that the Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.