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TIL that broccoli is a human innovation and a man-made food, being a result of the selective breeding of wild cabbage plants started around the 6th century BC

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rAM4 TIL that you can embed secret messages in vocal music that emege only when multiple people start singing
5VQP8 TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice.
jYGN TIL that Bohemian Grove is a 137 year old secret camp, that Nixon called “the most faggy goddamn thing you could ever imagine”. The camp is private and only open to the rich and powerful men of the world.
WmBN TIL - When Jeopardy was brought to syndication in 1984, the producers were told to make the answers easier to appeal to a broader audience. The agreed but changed nothing, leading to the frustratingly difficult show we love today.