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TIL Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't

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ge1D TIL FDR proposed a “Second Bill of Rights” that named a profitable job, a decent home, adequate medical care, a good education, and more as rights in the now-industrialized US.
ZDvQ TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”
vPOPD TIL that the Burj Khalifa in Dubai has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
ep4DL TIL about early ‘competitive eater’ and local Kent celebrity Nicholas Wood, whose stunts were reported in 1630 to include eating a whole sheep raw in one sitting (including the wool, horns, and bones), 7 dozen rabbits in one meal, and 400 pigeons in another
OGDa1 TIL in 2006, Quiznos sent mystery shoppers to franchise stores and sued owners for not putting enough meat in a prime rib sandwich. The owners won a lawsuit against Quiznos, with the judge calling Quizno's meat-weighing exercise a "charade" to bolster its national ad campaign against Subway.