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TIL: Despite the importance of chili peppers to many Asian cuisines, they are actually native to the Americas and were only later introduced to Asia through trade.

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QN4ZM TIL Einstein’s first wife was the only female in the University of Zurich’s physics department. She was not considered a beauty by her classmates and walked with a limp due to a congenital hip defect
4yra TIL: It is believed that certain species of dragonflies have a round trip migration distance of 18, 000 km. This is the longest insect migration currently known.
kOy8d TIL of 'library hand' a fastidiously neat way of writing developed to make the hand written information in library card catalogues more legible.
wX5M TIL that the name “refried beans” comes from a mistranslation of the Spanish name for the dish, “frijoles refritos.” The “re-” was taken directly from the Spanish name, but in Spanish the “re-” prefix actually means “very” or “well.”
90XD TIL Hugh Thompson (who saved numerous Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre) suffered from PTSD, alcoholism, divorce, and severe nightmare disorder as a result of testifying against those responsible for the massacre.