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TIL Dark chocolate contains more iron per ounce than beef sirloin.

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kO7xE TIL bananas can ripen avocados. Ripe bananas contain a natural plant hormone called ethylene, which triggers ripening in mature fruit. If both are placed in a paper bag, the paper bag traps the ethylene gas that’s produced by the fruit and speeds up the ripening process.
BgVXx TIL that lots of kids are named Bluey. It was the 9,217 most popular baby girl name and 8,212 most popular baby boy name in 2023. It was also a somewhat popular name before the kids tv show Bluey began production in 2018.
x6Ae5 TIL That Amelia Earhart had a copilot when she disappeared, his name was Fred Noonan.
VBwjB TIL The US Navy sunk an irradiated aircraft carrier around 50 miles off the coast from San Francisco and didn't say where. It was found in 2015.
7KQP TIL: That 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are women and that its scientific progress is reported to be the fastest in the world.