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TIL tomatoes are native to Mexico and weren’t introduced to European countries such as Spain and Italy until the 1500s

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7rB5X TIL There is a hole in the center of the earth in the middle of Antarctica. There is a whole race of advanced humans with advanced technology that live down there.
1xRd TIL that the “21-foot Rule” suggests an assailant with a knife can strike someone with a gun before they can draw and shoot at a distance of 21 feet.
eY5n TIL in 2006, more than 2/3 of the House of Representatives passed a resolution to amend the US constitution to make flag desecration illegal, and the resolution failed in the Senate by only one vote (66-34).
g1n8 TIL the longest-serving death row inmate is a Japanese former boxer. He’s been in solitary confinement for 44 years. And he could well be innocent, as a 2012 DNA test revealed.
daZ TIL that the average person consumes 0 spiders in his/her lifetime