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TIL. Coral isn’t a plant nor stone; coral is a group of animals!

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bKn7 TIL that British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic, thus creating the Gin & Tonic.
QJ77X TIL in 2005, the US introduced a new $1 coin that you could buy and have shipped for free. people took advantage of this by buying them with a credit card then immediately using the coins to pay their bill to get free airline miles. one man abused this so much that he earned 4 million airline miles
Aya7 TIL Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “La Lecture” depicts Picasso’s mistress asleep with a book upon her lap. The painting led to the breakup of Picasso’s marriage after his wife saw it at an exhibition and realized that the facial features (though highly stylized) were not her own.
JeZ4 TIL there is a tree in Germany that has its own post code and is used as a public letter box for people seeking love partners
p8Y74 TIL the Chinese Government controls the central heating for every home in Beijing