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TIL that cannabis and hops both belong to the same family, Cannabaceae.

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Y79pr TIL: The metalhead gesture of making the “devil horns” is actually an apotropaic gesture, which is a superstitious sign to ward off evil spirits and not glorifying the “devil’s music”
1aLyr TIL that after being caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland, a man was fined $1,000,000, the most expensive speeding ticket ever given. He was driving so quickly that several older-model speed cameras were unable to detect him. The driver claimed that his cars speedometer was broken.
0wKPj TIL that Yuri Kondratyuk, Soviet pioneer of astronautics, while working in Siberia, built an enormous wooden grain elevator with a capacity of 13 000 tons without using any nails. Due to using such an unusual construction, he was arrested in suspicion of sabotage. The elevator stood till the 90s.
Ox1L TIL Canada has a semi-professional women’s pillow fight league
YpMOx TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other"