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TIL Marshmallows were originally made from from the mallow plant, which grows in marshes..

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e0QpL TIL that Shantaram Siddi became the first Indian legislator of African descent, when he was appointed as MLC by the ruling BJP in the state of Karnataka on 22 Jul 2020. India has about 50K Siddi people who descended from Bantu people of east Africa, and a third of them call Karnataka their home.
7Krb TIL actor Martin Sheen has been married to the same woman for 56 years
D1xJ TIL that the hacker group, UGNazi, took down the Papa Johns website because their pizza was 2 hours late.
yQkk8 TIL that in addition to the Percent sign (%) for 1/100, There is also a Per-mille symbol (‰) for 1/1,000 and a per-the-thousand symbol called a Bias Point (‱) for 1/10,000
v8kK TIL that according to Mormonism, after being expelled from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve went to live in Missouri.