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TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses

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omOW TIL that chipmunks are omnivores and occasionally eat birds and even mice.
gMD7L TIL having expulsed Mexican migrant workers in 1965, a program was created to replace the missing labor with American youth. 3300 teenagers ended up picking crops as a summer job. The conditions were so bad that within 2 weeks 200 had quit and many held strikes. The program was never tried again
LQg1r TIL that the Norwegian Forest Cat went nearly extinct during WWII due to cross-breeding with free-ranging domestic cats. Thankfully, the Norwegian Forest Cat Club helped the breed make a comeback by developing an official breeding program.
e0okn TIL that the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia was drilled for 24 years to a depth of 40,230 ft (7.62 miles). That depth is a mere 0.002% of the way to the middle of the Earth. Whoa.
dVnd TIL Your heart pumps 2000 gallons of blood a day. And all of the blood in your body once every minute.