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TIL that green grocery store bananas that have 'sharp' edges, rather than a more circular cross section, were likely harvested premature and they are unlikely to ripen after you take them home.

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8mdb TIL that humans are the best on the planet when it comes to long distance running. We can outrun every other animal and run in conditions no other animals can run in.
DkVj TIL all north and east bound flight fly at odd altitudes and south and west bound flight fly at even altitudes
Ooy5R TIL that Cillian Murphy has smoked over 3,000 (herbal) cigarettes playing Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
lMd1 TIL that May 25th is “Towel Day”. People around the world wear a towel to remember Douglas Adams who wrote about why towels are so great for interstellar hitchhikers in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
xMV7 TIL that a KFC employee discovered a 200 page, type-written manuscript written by Colonel Sanders (b1890-d1980) consisting of recipes, anecdotes, and life lessons, in 2011.