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TIL artificial grape flavor can be made from coal byproducts

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Y4nZ TIL the discovery of a megalithic site known as Göbekli Tepe is changing our understanding of human capability during one of humanities most crucial stages of development, as it was built 5000 years before the first known major civilization.
1aA68 TIL about Ben Taylor, who in 2017 responded to what sounded like a classic "Nigerian prince" scam on Facebook, and ended up befriending the man and raising thousands for a poor community in Liberia.
PY1EE TIL "the Blight" - a plague that destroyed all plant life in the movie Interstellar - was somewhat based on Raoultella planticola bacterium which in the 1990s was genetically modified to destroy plants and had potential to cause mass extinction
aveo TIL the Bank of Oklahoma building in Tulsa, OK is a half-size replica of the World Trade Center buildings. It was designed by the same architect, and completed 3 years after WTC.
6vww TIL he names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.