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TIL that in the most widely circulated botany book of the 17th century Barnacle Geese were considered to be a vegetable

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PYKjg TIL Lisa Leslie once m scored 101 points in only 16 minutes (first half) of a high school basketball game.
na1B TIL that Simon Pegg, Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender, and Colin Hanks all starred in Band Of Brothers as background soldiers before they became stars
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