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TIL that the UK’s royal family’s last name ‘Windsor’ is actually taken from Windsor castle, rather than vice versa.

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xjr0 TIL a 1995 television documentary film called “The Dying Rooms” was made about Chinese state orphanages. The film documents rooms where babies and children (mostly disabled/female) were left to die of thirst or starvation as it was illegal to kill a child directly but not through neglect.
JYMa4 TIL: that Synsepalum dulcificum (Miracle Fruit) is a plant known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet.
b9e5Q TIL during the Civil War there was a Union version of the song Dixie that started, "Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators."
l7ZQa TIL oranges are actually a hybrid between mandarin oranges and pomelos.
PR5g TIL that many male spiders tie up the legs of females with silk in a preemptive attempt to avoid being eaten by her during or after sex.