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TIL Apples originated in Kazakhstan and 90% of modern apples can be traced back to 2 trees.

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ZLJ4 TIL that Sri Lanka and India were connected as recently as the 15th century by a chain of limestone shoals known as “Adam’s Bridge”
VQAm TIL That for every dollar the US owes another country, it is owed 89 cents in foreign debt
kJ4ve TIL there was a plan to gild the Statue of Liberty in gold.
QNyNX TIL that Scots is not just a dialect of English, but a proper language with its own spelling. For example, “efter aw I’v duin for ye” is Scots for “after all I’ve done for you.”
ZpmbQ TIL the 1964 song “Beans in my ears” was banned from radio play in several cities because of a sudden spike in doctor’s reports of children putting…beans in their ears