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TIL the Bush administration paid the Taliban $43mil months before 9/11…

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WMe9 TIL that japaleños, bell peppers, and poblanos are all the same species. In fact, there are only 5 cultivated species of chilis in the world.
E1Bvp TIL that Abigail Adams, who believed slavery was evil and antithetical to democracy, wrote on the eve of the Revolutionary War, that she doubted her fellow Americans had the "passion for liberty" they claimed to have, given how they "deprived their fellow creatures" of freedom.
4OGg TIL: Aaron Johnson (the lead of kickass) 23 is married to a 46 year old women and has 2 kids.
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.
p86L8 TIL that Emilia Clarke performed the funky chicken and robot dances at her Game of Thrones audition.