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TIL that some people in the US Midwest call bell peppers “mangoes”

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b6ybZ TIL that Country Music legend Tex Ritter is the father of John Ritter
ne1Xo TIL that India has more English speakers who speak it either as their first language or second language than the US,UK and Canada combined.
x60Qb TIL that the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras discovered that musical intervals correspond to simple mathematical ratios, laying the foundation for Western music theory.
nBNP TIL that much Mexican music, like what you hear in Mexican restaurants in the US, has its roots in German polka and waltz, hence all the accordion and brass
X00K6 TIL that a 2019 study showed that evening primrose plants can "hear" the sound of a buzzing bee nearby and produce sweeter nectar in response to it.