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TIL that Italy didn’t have tomatoes until 1548, which is why traditional Italian food doesn’t use tomatoes

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0w7Mp TIL King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.The wives were described as foreign princesses, including Pharaoh's daughter and women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon and of the Hittites. His marriage to Pharaoh's daughter appears to have cemented a political alliance with Egypt.
WkLx9 TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"
nWWbW TIL the Big Bang wasn’t actually an explosion that happened in the center of the universe, there is not even a center to the universe. It has happened and has been happening everywhere all at once.
OoOZY TIL Our brains are so advanced with listening to other people speaking that it’s easy to tell what their facial expression is (like smiling, frowning) based on their voice alone
nev7d TIL The Bobbit worm, which attacks its prey with scissor-like jaws, is named after Lorena Bobbitt. She cut off her husband's penis while he was asleep in bed.