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TIL there is no real difference between a banana and a plantain except for the intended way of consuming..

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GYW7Q TIL Two weeks before the Castle Gate Mine disaster that killed 171 men, the Utah Fuel Company laid off many of the miners without dependents during a shortage of coal sales. As a result, 114 of the men killed in the disaster were married men and left behind 415 widows and fatherless children
6Ew1m [TIL] The only original flying Fw190 from WW2, was found intact in a forest outside Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Russia in 1989.
J1a7V TIL the United States also gifted France with their own Statue of Liberty
BrOOk TIL Ming Dynasty eunuchs and courtesans in the Ming Dynasty formed a distinctive form of marriage in a secretive way. Although Ming eunuchs were incapable of bearing children, they were equally eager to have a family.
GYepQ TIL the Mafia is Italy's biggest business. It turns an estimated profit of over $178 billion a year- about 7% of the country's GDP.