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TIL tomato is both fruit and vegetable

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Eg67X TIL: A suicide bomber was thwarted by an Afghan stray dog which barked and snarled at the man, which caused him to prematurely detonate at the entrance. The dog was then flown to the US and appeared on Oprah and was adopted. However, she was captured and euthanized by mistake at an animal shelter.
awOlA TIL that the reason that pubs in England have such weird names goes back to medieval times, when most people were illiterate, but could recognize symbols. This is why they have names like Boot and Castle, or Fox and Hound.
XEYEj TIL that sliced bread was banned in 1943 to save money and help the economy during World War II
8axX8 TIL Researchers at Yale cooked 4000-year old Babylonian stews from recipes written on ancient clay tablets, including a stew made from onion and leeks, beets, and broth of lamb
xVBAb TIL that in 1946, George Kennan, then USA's deputy head of mission in Moscow, sent a 8000 worded "Long Telegram", which became the basis of US approach towards USSR is the Cold War. He warned US of Kremlin's expansionist dreams, which, if unchecked, would shatter the principals on which US stands.