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TIL The apple variety "Red Delicious" only exists because the unwanted apple seedling managed to regrow after being discarded.

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R7Mjj TIL the taunting Frenchman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was historically accurate. John Cleese had the idea after reading in a history book about mediaeval soldiers whose sole purpose were to launch insults against enemy soldiers prior to battle.
xV8OB TIL in 1960 a Russian man with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Airlines Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires off the bomb saving everyone on board.
0d1Z5 TIL that American football was invented in Canada
xVr0w TIL that crate training a dog is a uniquely American custom that is rarely used in other countries.
W7LV8 TIL of Tarrare, a man who was constantly hungry and would eat anything from corks, stones, live animals, human blood and was even suspected of eating a toddler