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TIL There’s 3 different cities named Murfreesboro.
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TIL that Aegilops (a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family; types of goatgrass) is the longest English word with letters arranged in alphabetical order.
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TIL the rate of suicide among 10 to 14-year-olds has doubled over the last 30 years.
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TIL that bananas are berries and that the banana tree is not a tree, but the world’s largest herb
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TIL It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. According to research by Library of Congress only 14 percent of the 10,919 silent feature films released by major American studios between 1912 and 1929 is located and preserved.
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TIL that "Five-O" being slang for "police" was inspired by the TV show "Hawaii Five-0" (and not the other way around). "Hawaii Five-0" was named that in honor of Hawaii being the 50th state to join the United States