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TIL in Shakespeare's time, onstage special effects included using real animal blood, bones and intestines

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GYMNj TIL that New Jersey made the tomato their state vegetable in 2005, justifying the decision with an 1893 ruling by the Supreme Court that although tomatoes are actually fruits, they would be legally considered vegetables.
8aRYG TIL there is mushroom that tastes exactly like maple syrup
J161 TIL that 22 Arab countries all offered full recognition of Israel if they supported a Two-State solution for Palestine, and are rejected to this day
ADQlw TIL that Salvator Dali once gave Alice Cooper a plaster sculpture of his brain, crowned by a chocolate eclair with real ants running down the middle. He asked Cooper to model for him. Which he did, under armed guard, since he was wearing a diamond tiara provided by Dali worth $2 million.
OoG51 TIL that the term "boycott" came from the ostracism of enlgish land agent Charles Boycott in Ireland.