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TIL that Kale, Broccoli, Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, Purple Cabbage, Cauliflower and many others are not different species of plant, but "breeds" of the same species Brassica oleracea, the same way a chihuahua and a poodle are both dogs

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W7j9o TIL two men conned €55m from wealthy people by asking for aid posing as French minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in online meetings by wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian & sitting at a fake official desk. They only duped 3 of 150 targets, but one wired $47m, thinking it was ransom money for journalists
M677 TIL that John Harington, inventor of the toilet, is an ancestor of Kit Harington (Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones).
5Een TIL that Tomahawk missiles cost $1.59 million
8j68 TIL of Carlos DeLuna, who was wrongly convicted of murder and executed for killing a gas station attendant. The police made no effort to investigate another man named Carlos who looked nearly identical to DeLuna. Evidence of his innocence would have taken less than a day of investigation to uncover
JNml TIL Walking Dead intentionally hires actors from the Wire, because the Walking Dead creator was a huge fan of the Wire.