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TIL that while it's a grain agriculturally, a vegetable culinarily, corn is botanically a fruit

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mx9Y TIL Jiddu Krishnamurti was revered as a prophet from childhood, renounced it all, and went on to speak against institutionalised religion and political parties.
XxgE TIL Saab in 1992 made a prototype vehicle dubbed “Prometheus” that had no steering wheel. Instead, to steer it, the driver had an aircraft like joystick. It greatly increased safety, space and aesthetics. The production model would have had two Joysticks, one for each arm / hand.
VlbD TIL That a pilot and a co-pilot never eat the same meal, incase 1 of the meals is contaminated.
xVrY1 TIL there is a "Sumerian King List" that claims kingship started over 260 thousand years ago and lists individual rulers (not dynasties) that ruled for up to tens of thousand of years at a time.
xVw17 TIL that despite 12 Angry Men being a great film, actions of Juror 8 conducting outside research on the knife and speculating about women's vision would have led to a mistrial by the letter of the law.