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TIL Paprika is made from Bell Pepper

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ldMN TIL that, fearing rogue Kamikaze attacks, US Navy Admiral Halsey informed his sailors of the end of hostilities in the pacific with this message: “Cessation of hostilities. War is over. If any Japanese airplanes appear, shoot them down in a friendly way.”
wLjMY TIL In Sri Lanka, reservoirs built more than thousand years ago are still used today
jp5X TIL That scientists have discovered how to temporarily induce Rain-Man like skills in normal people by stimulating parts of the brain with magnetic pulses.
mxZjv TIL due to the "fajita effect," when the first order of fajitas comes in, cooks at Chilis begin prepping for the several orders that always come soon after. Hearing and smelling the first dish causes a cascade of orders among patrons.
EJWd TIL that the feeling we get when we see something so cuddly that we want to squeeze it actually has a name. It’s called “cute aggression”.