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TIL Philadelphia literally burns old money for electricity

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AD7YB TIL there’s an herb named culantro, not to be confused with cilantro, that is related to parsley and cilantro/coriander. It is native to Mexico and Central & South America, but is used throughout the world for its culinary & medicinal properties, and is said to taste like a stronger cilantro.
Oo0ae TIL that in 1998, the face of Jesus Christ appeared on the side of a grocery store in South America and attracted hundreds of worshippers. A rainstorm revealed that the visage was nothing more than a poster of Willie Nelson that had been painted over.
yQD8p TIL Making porn is technically illegal in Australia. Except in the ACT (the Australian equivalent of Washington, D.C.)
N7jX1 TIL Huygens, an ESA spacecraft, was launched from Earth on October 15, 1997 to land successfully on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005. That's 1.2 billion kilometers. Its six instruments gathered atmospheric data and continued sending it 90min after touchdown.
JXaB TIL Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective