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TIL 4 year old kids ask up to 400 questions in one day!

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EELw TIL in 1893 the Supreme Court held trial on whether tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Testimonies consisted mainly of reading various dictionary entries. It was unanimously ruled a vegetable after 16 days.
VJok TIL, after Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Adolf Hitler sent Owens a commemorative inscribed cabinet photograph of himself. Honors were not bestowed upon Jesse Owens by either President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Harry S. Truman during their terms.
neDwG TIL that Michigan is bigger than Idaho and Utah, and is comparable to states like Oregon, Colorado, and even Nevada.
690jl TIL the 2006 Securitas Depot Robbery remains the United Kingdom's biggest heist. Close to £53 million was stolen in hard cash - comprised of used and unused sterling banknotes - property of the Bank of England...
OGyde TIL there are only 2 Everglades in the world: Florida, USA and Noosa, Australia, with the latter containing more than 40% of Australia's birdlife and the only one you can safely swim in.