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TIL that the scientific definition of a berry includes grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, bananas, chili peppers, persimmons, watermelons, and pumpkins.

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P1EmJ TIL a 15-foot high wave of beer once swept through the London streets, killing 8 people.
vPMW8 TIL that despite being a carnivorous plant, the purple pitcher plant is actually pretty bad at catching its prey, with less than 1% of insects that visit it ending up trapped inside.
kakg TIL that in Ethiopia ‘marriage by abduction,’ which is often followed by rape and forced pregnancy accounts for 69% of all the nation’s marriages.
kgl1 TIL Britain became an island after the English channel was carved out from 2 megafloods caused by the meting of a large ice sheet that covered Britain and Scandinavia 450,000 years ago.
OGnZg TIL that according to the US Mint, 1 lb. of dimes, 1 lb. of quarters, and 1 lb. of half-dollars are worth exactly the same: $20. 1 kg of pennies = $4 and 1 kg of nickles = $10.