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TIL that olives are essentially inedible when picked. It takes an extensive curing process for them to become edible, with no history of how an inedible fruit became such a popular fruit.

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0dkdA TIL The Natufian culture is an ancient culture of the Levant, dating to around 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. The culture was unusual in that it supported a sedentary or semi-sedentary population even before the introduction of agriculture.
pJpZ TIL Actor Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart, Mad-Eye Moody from the Harry Potter films, In Bruges, 28 Days Later) didn’t start acting in movies until he was 34 years old.
0wr9p TIL a necklace recovered from the wreck of the Titanic, belonging to First Class passenger Eleanor Widener, was stolen from a museum in Copenhagen in 2011. Though a priceless historical artifact, the necklace was only valued at $19K, so the museum offered a reward of just $1,000 for its return.
6Eool TIL in a survey of leading economists, only 8 percent agreed with a proposal to prohibit "unconscionably excessive" price gouging during natural disasters in Connecticut. 51 percent disagreed with the proposal, 15 percent were uncertain and 8 percent had no opinion
4XmZX TIL of Ann Hodges, the only known and confirmed meteorite victim in human history. The meteorite breaks through their ceiling one afternoon in 1954 while she was sleeping on her couch and left a large bruise in her thigh. The meteorite was eventually donated to Alabama Museum of Natural History.