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TIL almost all bananas come from two wild species. Bananas are grown in 135 countries with China and India accounting for 27%. They can be used for paper and textile making and are technically a berry.

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X0LeX TIL about "It's Pat," a 1994 comedy movie based on the SNL character Pat, an androgynous misfit played by Julia Sweeney. It bombed at the box office so badly (grossing only $60,822 against an $8 million budget) that Touchstone Pictures pulled it from theaters after it's opening weekend.
W7Zbd TIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.
a8BxA TIL that Prince played all 27 instruments used on his 1978 debut album 'For You'.
gMMw4 TIL future U.S. President Grover Cleveland personally hanged two people (in 1872 and 1873) while serving as Sheriff of Erie County, New York.
Kp6a TIL: Special K is banned in Denmark for being fortified with “toxic” doses of nutrients