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TIL that there's small amount of nicotine in potatoes and a few other veggies...

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b9VE9 TIL people with orange hair are called "redheads" because in many languages the first colors to be named are black, white, and red. Thus the word "orange" didn't exist in the English language until the fruit arrived in England around 480 years ago. The orange hair gene has existed for 70,000 years.
8eP5L TIL there is a CITY (was a town) in Texas named “Cut and Shoot”.
ryvw TIL that scientists were able to transplant eye primordia (bits of flesh that eventually grow into eyes) from one tadpole’s head to another’s posterior. Many of the new eyes formed neural pathways to the spine - bypassing the brain altogether - and gave the tadpoles sight.
r7jy TIL after being caught by casino owners and prosecuted in court for cheating, the Hyland card counting team was acquitted of all charges after the judge ruled that the players’ conduct was not cheating, but merely the use of intelligent strategy.
9wxAD TIL Gengis Khan was worth roughly the equivalent of $130 Trillion USD.