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TIL that Humans and the Tree Shrew are the only known mammals that like spicy food.

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R78P1 TIL the common tumbleweed which is used to symbolize the American frontier is an invasive plant species from Russia. The only two states that have not been infested are Alaska and Florida.
N7Gp8 TIL that peaches and nectarines are the same fruit. Nectarines simply have a recessive allele for smooth skin.
Q7Kk TIL Teddy Roosevelt enthusiastically supported the genocide of American Indians, who he perceived to be an ‘alien race’
rNA81 TIL Anne Frank's name is pronounced "Anna"
e7xn TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI