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TIL most avocados are descended from one tree grown by a Milwaukee postman in 1926

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ZGPa TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii
rNnM1 TIL about Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, an Uzbek actress and one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without a burqa on. She became the victim of an honor killing in 1929.
dDyOZ TIL that the British Library has been crippled since last October by a cyberattack and it’s digital collections and services are still offline
j4GR TIL that Rod Serling, creator and narrator of The Twilight Zone, co-wrote the film adaptation of The Planet of the Apes. He is the one responsible for the famous twist at the end.
J1RV1 TIL: The top 3 imported items by weight in the US are furniture, bananas and artwork