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TIL: The taste of blue raspberry is actually the taste of a real fruit, Rubus leucodermis, the whitebark raspberry

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epjbn TIL that 4y ago today an Italian tank "battled" and won over 24 chickens in the so called "Battle of Cellina". This name was given to a tragic accident where a military tank mistakenly fired a 105mm bullet over a poultry farm, killing 12 (chickens).
NX5Ob TIL Egg cream (the carbonated drink) contains neither egg nor cream.
QMaM TIL Googlewhacking is a challenge/activity where you enter two words in the search bar for Google and try to end up with only one search result. There are over 482,000 googlewhacks recorded.
D140v TIL Mr. Rogers told the U.S. Supreme Court during the attempt to ban VCRs that he sided with the VCR, as it helped families to watch his show together. Supreme Court said his testimony was a contributing factor which allowed VCRs
Wkbbo TIL in a passage referring to people with unique and special abillities, St Augustine, the father of western christianity, praises flatulists: people with such control over their bowels they can produce music with their farts