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TIL Subway’s iconic “Five Dollar Footlong” was birthed in two little Subways inside of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

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Z81XR TIL that banana trees die after bearing fruit. Also, they are technically plants, not actual trees. They take around nine months to grow up and produce banana tree fruit, and then once the bananas have been harvested, the entire plant dies. New shoots will sprout and start again anew.
X0Q9P TIL in 1909 Governor of Hong Kong proposed returning British Weihaiwei to China in return for perpetual rule of all of Hong Kong. His proposal was ignored by British government, and both Weihaiwei and Hong Kong returned to China eventually
W77JL TIL There are 6 different communities across Tennessee called Shiloh, Tennessee.
9YVDQ TIL Ikea is the largest charity in the world, and being a non-profit means they pay just 3.5% in tax instead of the 18% rate they should be paying.
9YN67 TIL that in Greek mythology Chaos was the origin of everything