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TIL a banana is a berry

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ZbWR TIL that after the release of the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, tourists came to Thailand to see the fictional bridge. Since there never was a bridge on the Kwai, the Thai renamed a portion of the Mae Klong river containing a bridge to satisfy the tourists.
YpJLP TIL that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826. Not knowing Jefferson had died hours earlier, Adams last words included "Thomas Jefferson survives."
xVWPg TIL the South Korean authorities have already created designations for North Korean highways to bring them under their own system in case of reunification.
EgyNd TIL I made a rap verse for Baby Shark 💀
8aDm8 TIL that Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk, it has been around since at least 1955