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TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses

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Z86RR TIL that 80's metal bands Twisted Sister and Manowar were involved in a feud. In an interview, Manowar called Twisted Sister a bunch of 'sissy boys with makeup'. Twisted Sister challenged them to a street fight at Covent Garden, but Manowar never showed up and later apologised for offending them.
NXk7N TIL NFL teams collectively eat 80,000 Uncrustables every week. The reason they are so popular is they are calorie dense, but not too heavy, tasty and "delicious even if they got crushed"
d8aMj TIL that Pad Thai, the national dish of Thailand, is actually not a traditional dish, but was invented, standardized and promoted by the Thai government, and imposed upon the people, as part of a broad cultural effort to establish a sense of national identity.
KOPXw TIL the iconic MAS*H theme song is titled "Suicide is Painless" and was written by a 14 year old
9YjlD TIL that the Gulf of Mexico has a dead zone: an area of hypoxic (less than 2 ppm dissolved oxygen) waters, which supports fewer organisms and has been linked to massive fish kills and can cover up to 6,000-7,000 square miles (9656-11265 square kilometers) at the mouth of the Mississippi River