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TIL that the Onion sold for more than the Washington Post

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ljgN TIL that the reason today’s artificial banana flavoring for candy tastes so differently than an actual banana is because it is based on the Gros Michel Banana, which was nearly wiped out in the 50’s due to a fungus. The bananas we eat today are from the Cavendish family.
1NY7 TIL until 1878, fire houses were equipped with spiral staircases so the fire horses would not try to climb the stairs into the living quarters.
x9dB TIL there’s a real life Russian ghost ship floating around in the Atlantic ocean named the Lyubov Orlova
x6y67 TIL a few days prior to the violent beheading and cannibalism that took place upon a Greyhound bus in 2008, the company was set to launch an ad campaign saying "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage." After the incident they removed all ads, including physical posters in NYC stations.
ZpK6B TIL that the creation of google image search was because of a dress Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammys