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TIL that Sichuan peppercorns aren't peppers at all. Rather, they're the dried berries of the prickly ash tree, which is a member of the citrus family.

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p8ovZ TIL that real tequila is made from the blue agave (agave azul) plant, a relative of the lily family. Blue agave can take anywhere from 6 to 12 years to fully mature.
LBL0 TIL that 2-digit interstates ending with a 0 go east-west and with 5 go north to south. If it is 3-digits (495) it is an offspring of the original road (95). If the first of the 3-digit is odd, it goes through a city, if it is even it goes around a city.
awnjA TIL Joseph Faber invented Euphonia, an amazing device that simulated human speech in 1844; due to ridicule over his invention he destroyed it and himself in 1850
Oo0B4 TIL Chris Hansen of "To Catch A Predator" was caught cheating on his wife with hidden cameras.
D1YlJ TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."