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TIL Shrimp Hearts Are in Their Heads

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xVJB5 TIL of Northwest Airlines Flight 188. The pilots got distracted and overflew their destination by 150 miles.
ADMQd TIL there is a prequel to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" known as "Halloween is Grinch Night", which won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 1977.
pYNKN TIL it was common practice to use dynamite to break apart chunks of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical fertilizer.
78M4L TIL the "Triple Crown" of Motorsports includes the Indianapolis 500, Monaco Grand Prix, and 24 Hours of Le Mans—British driver Graham Hill is the only driver to complete the Triple Crown in history.
JYODB TIL the plants we know as "peppers" (chili, bell, etc.) are only called that because Christopher Columbus thought they tasted like black pepper when he first tried them in the Caribbean.