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TIL that weed and hops are from the same plant family

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5VnVB TIL that people who grew up in the era of black and white movies mostly reported dreaming in black and white, while the people before and after them reported dreaming in color.
n88r TIL that polar bears sometimes inter-breed with grizzly bears creating a hybrid bear known as a pizzly bear, a prizzly bear, or a grolar bear
VvRQ TIL ancient stone slabs in Japan had the following message: “High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants. Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”
Na6M TIL that after a serial rapist in India was attacked by 200 women, only 5 of those women got arrested. Those 5 women then got released when every woman from their village stood up and took responsibility for the attack.
KYgQR TIL Linguists have identified a new English dialect in South Florida