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TIL some plants like kiwifruit, wild taro, pineapples have microscopic sharp crystalline needles called raphides.

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m1mmY TIL shrinkflation also applies to subscription-based business models and changes the periodicity of the billing. The billing rhythm makes you think nothing has changed. Before, you were billed monthly (so 12 times a year). Now you are billed every 4 weeks. There are 13 times 4 weeks in a year
4A9X TIL that McDonalds are banned from ever opening a store on the Cayman Islands
ReMl TIL of Bill Macumber legal case who was accused of murdering of 2 people. But another man confessed the crime to his lawyer - before dying in a fight. Because of attorney-client privilege, the lawyer’s testimony was not presented, and Bill Macumber went to jail for 37 years.
vo6j TIL After complaints about baggage wait times, Houston airport moved the baggage claim farther away. The walk took longer than the wait and the complaints dropped to nearly zero.
A754 TIL The letter ‘E’ used to designate a failing grade until it was phased out by the 1930’s over fear of students interpreting it to mean 'excellent’.