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TIL that flowers are actually the reproductive organs of certain plants (called angiosperms)

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9YxVX TIL that during the Mexican-American War, General Santa Anna's prosthetic leg was stolen during an ambush by the Illinois 4th Infantry. He was able to get a replacement leg, which was also stolen by the 4th Infantry. Both legs are still on display in Illinois.
0wo65 TIL that “TurboTax Free” is not actually free, but “TurboTax Free File” actually IS free (if you make under 36k). This was done to purposefully mislead the public into paying for a service that should be free according to the IRS.
KO0ZR TIL American life expectancy dropped in 2016, the first time since 1993. It dropped again in 2017.
ByYx TIL that intermittent fasting is linked to various health benefits such as a healthier brain.
9w7BG TIL the idiom "Keeping up with the Joneses" came from a comic strip of the same name that ran in U.S. newspapers from 1913-1940. It featured the McGinis family, often struggling to keep up socially and materially with their neighbors, the unseen Joneses.