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TIL Avocados are actually really large berries.

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X9M6 TIL of a mysterious character on The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68) named “Mr. Schwamp” who would occasionally appear, often sitting on a park bench. The other characters would acknowledge him with “Hello Mr. Schwamp” but he would only nod silently. The actor who played him has yet to be identified.
N8gP TIL the largest embassy in the world is the U.S embassy in Iraq. It is nearly as large as Vatican City, employs 15,000 people, and cost $750 million to build.
PBdE TIL that the American dream costs $130k a year if you live in an affordable area with one car payment.
evY5 TIL that Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. The first played Vito Corleone in The Godfather; the second played Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.
nWW8Y TIL that Jim Leavelle, the tan-suited detective famously present at the killing of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, was also a witness to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.