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TIL that the Oneida flatware company started as a polygamist cult

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W7re8 TIL that the United States Supreme Court established that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit under U.S. Customs regulations. The Court’s 1893 decision was meant to differentiate the technical botanical definition from the commonly used one.
wO8W TIL The children’s book author of “Goodnight Moon” Margaret Wise Brown died at 42 while showing her doctor how well she felt by kicking up her leg like a can-can dancer; it dislodged a clot in her leg that traveled to her heart, killing her.
1aaeP TIL that M&Ms are the official candy of The White House.
oBGyo TIL Chamillionaire, the one-hit wonder rapper behind "Ridin' Dirty," decided there was no money in music and became a tech investor, which has made him an actual multimillionaire
MeplB TIL in 1997, Apple was weeks away from going bankrupt until Steve Jobs returned