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TIL Frozen vegetables are often more nutritious than fresh.

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Oo5ea TIL plant sexuality was denounced by Christianity until the 19th century because the Bible says that plants were created on the 3rd day but "male and female" wasn't mentioned until animals and humans were created on the 6th day. "Deflowered" comes from thinking flowers were sexless things of beauty.
x6a4D TIL that India has a village named Jatinga where birds mysteriously commit suicide every year during September and October, leaving scientists and researchers baffled.
6MyW TIL In WW1, the American shotgun was so effective in trench warfare that the Germans claimed that it violated the law of war.
D1ODg TIL in 1998 the average monetary loss of a 7-Eleven robbery was just $37.
8e188 TIL The Way of Tuna is a plan by Korean cult leader Sun M. Moon to infiltrate the US sushi industry to fund his church: “After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it.”