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TIL that maraschino cherries are almond flavored.

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69RKJ TIL of Hippoboscoidea, a superfamily of flies that includes the non-flying 'bat-flies', used to be called Pupipara because the larva grows inside their mother who lays downs pupas instead of eggs.
0jOL TIL the “Duds” in the name of the candy Milk Duds is because the original goal was to have perfectly round pieces of candy, but the machines the company had at the time couldn’t quite do it.
rRK5M TIL Humans don't have strong olfactory skills and kissing allows you to smell and taste a person and see if you have different immune responses as we tend to feel more attracted to someone with a different immune response
neKyd TIL in WW2 the U.S military initially recommended adding armor to areas of aircraft with the most bullet holes. However due to survivorship bias - where people or things that do not make it past a selection process are not factored into a decision - those were places that already had enough armor.
EObw TIL Elton John has sold more than 300 million records and for 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he has had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100.