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TIL potatoes are native to South America. Potatoes were introduced to the rest of the world only in the last 500 years.

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GAWWg TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed.
J1alm TIL when the Doors appeared on the TV show Malibu U, Jim Morrison did not show up for the taping, Robby Krieger's twin brother Ron, stood in for Jim with is back to the audience. Morrison later filmed close ups of himself on top of a building the next day.
j6PWv TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.
yVPo8 TIL about "Rose's Law", which is the "Moore's Law of Moore's Law" for quantum computation. It states that the quantity of qubits in a quantum computer doubles every 1.5-2 years. However, this results in exponential exponential growth of computing power.
byPj TIL Adolf Frederick, former King of Sweden, died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered as “the king who ate himself to death.”