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TIL for the last 8 years Ukranians have referred to Russia as "Mordor"

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1aVD7 TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale and Brussel sprouts are all varieties of the same species Brassica oleracea
BrO5x TIL that the skeleton named Lucy, a part human and part chimpanzee from 3.2 million of years skeleton and contributed to the human evolution theory, was named after the song from the Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" because the archaeologists who found her, were listening that song non-stop.
RWM8 TIL that the Taipei 101 skyscraper uses a 728 ton steel tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to counter motion of the building since it is so close to a fault line.
loLWG TIL Dan Bilzerian once tossed actress Janice Griffith off a roof of a house for a photoshoot for Hustler Magazine. She fell short of the pool, braking her foot. Bilzerian rejected her request for $85k. She sued Hustler and Bilzerian and lost. Hustler's attorney claimed the toss was an "act of God".
1rxO TIL in the 2005 film ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ the chocolate river was made of actual chocolate instead of CGI. It was made of about 192,000 gallons of chocolate.