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TIL the citrus fruits like lemons and citrons were status symbols in Ancient Rome akin to pineapples in 18th century England. The citrus fruits were considered rare in Ancient Rome.

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lo90N TIL the number of countries with laws criminalizing sodomy is 69
vnxB TIL that Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote “California Girls” during his first experience with LSD. He sat in front of a piano and played what are now the first four notes of the song over and over again for about an hour, until the rest of the song suddenly came to him.
JY5wl TIL Pixar co-founder John Lasseter has ascribed importance to the film Yellow Submarine, claiming that it brought interest to animation as a serious art form.
KE04 TIL china makes fake rice out of plastic and sells it as normal rice
e0gxg TIL that the Berber people of North Africa and the Sami people of northern Scandinavia share a close mitochondrial DNA link. Researchers found that the two groups diverged about 9000 years ago, just after the last ice age.