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TIL A Supreme Court case was held to determine if a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable

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GYdRN TIL Graveyards for unclaimed remains are called "potter's field" because "potter's fields" were places where clay was harvested, and left with unfilled holes and barren soil. Historically, they were used as a cheap and efficient way to inter unclaimed human remains, on land nobody wanted.
xxOB TIL there was a pedophile ring in the 1980s involving top U.K. politicians and officials, that was covered up by the government.
Ojvg TIL Canada granted asylum to Denise Harvey, a U.S. Citizen who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having sex with a 16 year old because it wouldn’t be a crime in Canada and the sentence was deemed cruel and unusual punishment
8aVr4 TIL In some jurisdictions, dancers at strip clubs are only permitted to expose breasts and/or genitals when performing on a raised platform; they must be dressed before their feet touch the venue's main floor. Managers responsible for enforcing this rule communicate it as 'the floor is lava'.
LkBaP TIL In 1995, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of cinema, the Vatican compiled a list of 45 "great films". The 45 movies are divided into three categories: religion, values, and art.