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TIL that botanically, bananas are considered berries, but strawberries are not (because their seeds are on the outside)

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PNmn TIL that for around 100 years in the 16th/17th centuries, almost all European cartographers charted the position of ‘Frisland’, a North Atlantic island that didn’t actually exist.
yQ4EV TIL Ignacio "El Nacho" Anaya was a Mexican executive chef and restaurateur who invented nachos in 1940.
oB4kW TIL about Hell, a village in Norway that has a grocery store, gas station, a fast food shop, and a retirement home. Until late 1995, the European route E6 highway went through Hell and across the Hell bridge, so you were literally able to drive on the Highway to Hell.
NXpvQ TIL about The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
BlRd TIL that when Peter Cullen auditioned for the voice of Optimus Prime, his inspiration for the voice style came from his brother: “Peter, don’t be a Hollywood hero, be a real hero. Real heroes don’t yell and act tough; they are tough enough to be gentle, so control yourself.”