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TIL that potato actually evolved from tomato

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x6mk TIL that Computers have beat man at every game but one — the ancient Chinese board game Go. It is the oldest game in the world at which man remains the undisputed champion.
nn1d TIL in Australia, “Black Friday” refers to a series of bushfires that wiped out whole towns and killed 71 people
01oA TIL Wal-Mart employees across the country are planning to strike on Black Friday in what may be the biggest push for equitable wages that Wal-Mart has ever seen. Someofus.org is gathering donations to buy the employees grocery gift cards so they can still feed their families.
grVED TIL a computer study of over a million samples of normal English prose found that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is 'uncharacteristically' at 20 letters.
nevgd TIL that Sodium Nitrate, an essential oxidizing component in gun powder, was discovered by 9th century Taoist monks that were actually trying to create an elixir of immortality.