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TIL Walmart is not allowed in NYC, but Target is
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TIL Blackcurrant fruit was banned in the United States in 1911 because the plant carries a disease that affects native White Pine trees. Whole forests were wiped out due to the disease. Because of the ban, not lifted until 2003, the flavor is relatively unknown in the US.
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TIL that vomitoriums in ancient Rome were the exits to stadiums and theaters which spewed crowds into the streets. They had nothing to do with purging to eat more.
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TIL that pregnancies at the age of 35+ are considered "geriatric pregnancies."
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TIL a 14 year old boy broke into Buckingham Palace and stole the Queen’s underwear.
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TIL that feeding silkworm larvae mulberry leaves sprayed with fabric dye results in the dye being transported along the biochemical pathways of the silkworm to produce a colored cocoon and colored silk fibre.