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TIL broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and kale are all different breeds of the same plant.

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rNMex TIL James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake is named after a comedic Irish-American ballad called Finnegan's Wake, about a man who breaks his skull and is thought dead, but when whiskey is spilled on his body at his wake, comes back to life and joins the celebration
LDjv TIL that members of the Nazi Party and KKK shot five unarmed protesters to death – in NC, in 1979, in broad daylight, while being filmed – and all were acquitted in two separate trials.
Wk9rd TIL: Nitrous oxide has been used as a recreational drug since the late 1700s, when laughing gas parties were held. This use led to the discovery of anaesthesia.
Z88QR Related: Do they change the surrounding temperature?
wLbEP TIL Éamon de Valera broke out of prison by getting a mold of a key in a candle and using a cartoonist, sent an image of the key in a cartoon to his contacts who made the key and sent it in baked inside a cake. It was too small, so they sent another before just sending him the tools to make a key.