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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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M5Ma TIL of the ADE 651, a fake bomb detector consisting a swivelling antenna mounted via a hinge to a plastic handgrip, requiring no battery, and supposedly charged by the user’s static electricity. It sold for $60,000 until its creator was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud.
nW6eo TIL that after the US, India has the second largest English speaking population
M7gk0 TIL that the fastest growing career fields in the U.S. through 2031 are expected to be nurse practioners
E1OxX TIL that the whole idea that fish don’t have long-term memories and aren’t very smart in general is plain wrong. In the contrary, fish are actually very intelligent creatures, can remember whole neighborhoods, some use tools like we do and can even do the math.
wolw8 TIL that the first female geisha appeared in 1751, with geisha before that time being male