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TIL McDonald's in India don't serve hamburgers, or any beef and pork products.

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DDdV TIL scientists in Israel planted 2000 years old seeds from an extinct date palm species and successfully grew a sapling
oBnrR TIL an American lieutenant during World War II, realizing his position was being overrun by enemy troops, called in an artillery barrage on himself. When U.S. troops managed a counterattack later that day they found the lieutenant’s body along with those of about a hundred German soldiers.
dDVMK TIL that the fictional substance "Kryptonite" was originally portrayed as red in color on Comic pages in November 1949. It did not adopt its characteristic green hue until August 1951.
RVm8 TIL that people fantasy draft the National Spelling Bee
R7Qj7 TIL; Palm Trees Withstand Hurricanes because, unlike traditional trees, are not made of wood. "Instead, you'll find a jumble of spongy tissue, scattered instead of arranged" inside a palm.