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TIL green peppers are unripe red peppers AND bell peppers are considered berries

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Z89wp TIL that after France surrended in June 1940, the Royal Navy sailed down to Algeria to seize the bulk of the French navy. When the French refused to surrender control of the ships, the Royal Navy open fired, destroying the fleet and killing 1300 French sailors
8pEL TIL that from 9PM to 12AM, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.
78NeO TIL As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, the terms funk and funky were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.
GAoM1 TIL there were square halos. These were used in donor portraits, a depiction of the person who commissioned the artwork placed among saints, to mark the contemporary donor.
XGwD TIL that cities in Greece struggle to build subway systems because they keep digging up ancient ruins.