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TIL An avocado is technically a berry.

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KB1G TIL A mans booby trapped farmhouse resulted in a burglar’s legs being shot with a shotgun. The burglar sued him and won. Later, when asked if he would do anything different, the man stated “I’d have aimed that gun a few feet higher”
grBoy TIL Denzel Washington, the actor who never watches his own films and shuns fame.
9yGp TIL that Jacqueline Kennedy requested an eternal flame for her husband’s grave and that group of Catholic schoolchildren were sprinkling the temporary flame with holy water. The cap came off the bottle and water poured onto the flame, putting it out.
loj9V TIL only four people have been at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, called the Challenger Deep (about 11000 meters or 36000ft down). For reference, 12 people have walked on the Moon.
p8Jn4 TIL about Rachele Gilmore, an understudy in the Metropolitan Opera. With only a couple hours notice, she was told she would be making her debut in Offenbach's "Les Contes Hoffman". That night she hit an A-flat above high C, breaking the record for highest note ever sung at the Met.