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TIL that, according to the scientific definition of the term, bananas, pumpkins, and watermelons are all considered berries, whereas blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries are not.

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X0vVr TIL Canada's original gothic Parliament Building, including the Victoria Tower, was destroyed by fire in 1916. Only the Library survived intact, by an employee who closed the iron doors connecting the Library to the rest of the building
rR9we TIL Michael Jackson's last words were for 'milk', his alleged nickname for propofol, the powerful hospital anaesthetic that he overdosed on. "He was pleading and begging to please please let him have some milk because that was the only thing that would work."
v1KWx TIL That on the 12th of September 1897 21 sikh solders held their own against 10000 enemy tribesmen at the battle of Saragarhi, killing 180 and buying enough time for the nearby British fort to prepare and suppress the insurrection. All 21 were given the Indian Order Of Merit.
0w5n1 TIL that of the 1 sexvigintillion (10 followed by 81 zeros) of combinations of digits in a nine by nine grid only 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000066 % are possible sudoku solutions yet there are so many that no randomly generated sudoku will appear twice
Jdbv TIL during the Berlin Airlift, the allies became so efficient that they landed a plane in West Berlin every 30 seconds, humiliating the Soviets and showing that a city could be sustained indefinitely by air alone.