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TIL that the central part of a pepper that holds the seeds is called the placenta. Ew.

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PbyO TIL that when Nintendo remade Ocarina of Time for the 3DS, they had to build to game back up completely, as the N64 version could not be ported to the 3DS. They even purposely programmed in some of the bugs from the original to make the game as close to the N64 version as possible.
v1xVR TIL of Eilmer of Malmesbury, an 11th century English monk who built a flying machine inspired by the myth of Daedalus. He successfully flew 200 meters off the roof of his abbey before crashing because he forgot to include a tail in the design.
g4b4 TIL that CBS, BET, MTV, CMT, VH1, Nickelodeon, Spike, Comedy Central, Logo, Paramount, Showtime, The CW, TV Land, and Simon & Schuster are all owned by one giant media conglomerate.
WoMB TIL David Yost, who played Billy the blue Power Ranger, quit the show after frequent harassment from the crew for being gay
dDjl7 TIL the ViewMaster was introduced in 1939. Film and paper were scarce, and production nearly stopped due to WWII, but a contract to produce airplane and ship identification and range estimation reels saved the product. The military purchased 100,000 viewers and six million reels during the war.