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TIL That green peppers are just unripe versions of red peppers

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NXj7e TIL Sequoyah, an illiterate warrior of the Cherokee Nation, observed the "talking leaves" (writing) of the white man in 1813. He thought it was military advantage and created a syllabary for Cherokee from scratch in 1821. It caught on quickly and Cherokee literacy surpassed 90% just 9 years later.
BrVwW TIL the famous "Keyboard Cat" video was originally filmed in 1984 and that its star, Fatso, died in 1987, twenty years before it was posted on YouTube.
Wlr4 TIL the neo-noir crime thriller movie Training Day was filmed on site, in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, in order to give it an authentic feel. Nearly all the gang members in the movie are gang members in real life.
DEDV TIL that in a 2009 paper, researchers found that the widespread introduction of television across India was associated with decreased acceptability of domestic violence against women, increases in women’s autonomy and an overall decrease in the country’s fertility rate.
XEJ9k TIL Out of eleven cases of blood alcohol content higher than 1%, Poland holds five