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TIL : Jalapeños were First Peppers in Space

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rNy6o TIL the 1971 film "Wake In Fright" follows a man stranded in an isolated outback town whose residents are consumed by binge drinking and gambling. During the film's early screening in Sydney, an offended viewer shouted, "That's not us!" One of the actors yelled back "Sit down, mate. It is us."
GdP5 TIL the Aral Sea (the 4th largest lake in the world in 1960) lost 80% of its volume by 1998 and went from a fresh water lake to being 3 times saltier than the ocean all due to a Soviet Era Irrigation Project
X04gQ TIL Hawaii is the best place on earth to see rainbows. There are words for Earth-clinging rainbows (uakoko), standing rainbow shafts (kāhili), barely visible rainbows (punakea), and moonbows (ānuenue kau pō). The rainbow is seen as a symbol of transformation and a pathway between Earth and Heaven.
awexA TIL There is an ongoing study of Dutch seniors over age 100, self-reported to be cognitively healthy, where they are followed annually until death. Centenarians came from higher socio-economic classes and had higher levels of education compared to their birth cohort
b6Nk9 TIL that 16th century European Naturalists thought that the Birds of Paradise did not have legs because traders would cut from off before selling the birds. They concluded that the birds would hang from the trees by their plumage and lay their eggs on the males back.