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TIL while both tea and coffee plants produce caffeine, this trait evolved independently - meaning caffeine production developed at least twice.

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7xQL TIL that almost all wasabi sold in the US is just mustard and horseradish.
5V01n TIL 33% of American women met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise, as opposed to 43% for men.
R7gn7 TIL the Jelly Belly Candy Company was trying to create a pizza flavored jelly bean, but the taste was so bad that flavor was added to the recipe, making vomit flavored jelly beans instead.
Rx89 TIL the musicians aboard the Titanic were legally classified as independent contractors instead of crew members. Because of this, their families received no survivor benefits.
5VYjB TIL about the Diamond-Water Paradox in economics. Even though life cannot exist without water but can easily exist without diamonds, diamonds are, pound for pound, vastly more valuable than water