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TIL Grapefruit got its name because they grow in clusters similar to grapes.

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NXQyb TIL John Lennon openly plagiarized Chuck Berry's song "Can't Catch Me" to write "Come Together." When Paul McCartney called him out on the intellectual theft, Lennon responded, "Yeah, I know! It's good though, isn't it?" "Come Together" became a No. 1 hit and is considered a Beatles classic.
JY69l TIL Seattle-caught salmon found to contain cocaine, antidepressants and pain relievers
0d8eL TIL that since its discovery Pluto has not made a full orbit around the sun, and still has 150 years until it does
ngL7 TIL a gravitational anomaly called The Great Attractor pulls Milky Way and millions of other galaxies towards itself at a breakneck 22 million kilometers (14 million miles) per hour.
97vp TIL There exists a giant cloud of alcohol in outer space which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.