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TIL that the origin of the Honeycrisp Apple is a 50+ year secret, known only to the creators, researchers at the University of Minnesota

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16ZAW TIL that TSA allows to travel with a live fish in the cabin, as long as it is transported in clean water and in a clear transparent carrier
jN5Ea TIL Greg Graffin (lead vocalist of Bad Religion) has a PhD in Zoology, is an adjunct professor at Cornell, and has received awards from Harvard for his work.
xMbo TIL that Dave Grohl was so intimidated by Kurt Cobain that he hid a lot of the music he made while on tour with Nirvana. After Cobain’s death, the tucked away music would become Foo Fighters first album.
N7BJE TIL that Ben Franklin and John Adams shared a bed during a diplomatic trip and spent several hours bickering about whether to keep the window open or closed.
J1Bak TIL that it is common for astronomers to call any element heavier than Hydrogen and Helium to be a metal.