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

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l7OwV TIL from 1804 to 1805, Diamond Rock, an islet near the French island of Martinique, became the HMS Diamond Rock, a stone frigate of the British Royal Navy
0www1 TIL when the first escalator in London was installed at Harrods in November 1898, customers were offered brandy at the top of the escalator “to revive them after their ordeal.”
eLWg TIL up to 95% of the historic structures in the city of Mecca have been demolished over the last three decades. Many of the sites were over 1000 years old and many were connected to the life and times of the prophet Muhammad and his companions.
ADblw TIL Japan Airlines Flight 1628 over Alaska had a 42 minute long UFO encounter Supported by Radar Data and Air Traffic Control and Voice Cockpit recordings leaked in 2001 by FAA Division Chief of the Accidents and Investigations division John Callahan.
b8b0 TIL that Mister Rogers once had his car stolen and had it returned 48 hours later. After he filed a police report and TV picked up on it it was returned with an apology letter.