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TIL: Loofahs don’t come from the sea. They’re gourds!
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TIL Captain Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) of British East India Company was imprisoned for 20 years in the south asian island of Ceylon. Upon his escape he bought back a "strange intoxicating herb" unheard of in Europe. The herb is known today as Cannabis Indica.
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TIL despite their fearsome reputation, Spartan warriors were no more effective in battle than any other Greek solider, Sparta lost as many battles as it won, and Spartans' brutal training resembled indoctrination of child soldiers and not combat training.
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TIL Missy Elliott wrote and performed on Raven-Symone’s 1993 debut rap song, “That’s What Little Girls are Made Of.” Missy was left off the music video for not being physically attractive enough.
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TIL that areas where it is common for people to live over 100 years are known as “Blue Zones”. There are 5 on Earth: Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; and Icaria, Greece
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TIL about Download Valley. A cluster of software companies in Israel, producing and delivering adware to be installed alongside downloads of other software.