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TIL tomatoes are from America and weren’t introduced in Italy until the 1540s.

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KOpR6 TIL in the Sellafield nuclear power plant there is an industrial freezer packed with an expanding mountain of radioactive seagulls that were shot by snipers employed by the plant
8evjG TIL Vulfpeck was one of the first ever bands to sell out Madison Square Garden without a manager or record label
mXey TIL Today is the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Three German divisions held the ridge and after multiple American and British attempts to take the ridge, Canada captured it. It is widely regarded as the “birth” of Canada as a independent country.
Brlkx TIL the U.S. Navy employed a dolphin, Tuffy, to regularly deliver tools and mail to scientists living in an experimental underwater laboratory.
vPVL7 TIL narwhals are actual creatures, and not mythical ones. 🤦🏼‍♀️