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TIL Coriander and Cilantro are the same plant.

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XEy1X TIL that Cuban ballet dancers are arguably the country’s most esteemed export, they often earn more money than doctors, and they perform locally to the type of cheering crowd that in the USA would be reserved for pop stars
OGnVR TIL that the Indian Army convened a press conference in 2019 to say that it had discovered footprints in the Himalayas that belonged to the YETI (Big Foot) and eventually mocked after it was found out that the DNA collected matched the local Black Bears
n6VB TIL just months after the Hiroshima bombing, Kix cereal offered an atomic-bomb-shaped ring in exchange for a box-top and 15 cents. Each contained a glowing sample of polonium.
Ypp8x TIL negative symptoms (apathy, lack of drive,..) from schizophrenia are more debilitating than positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions,..). They are also less treatable with medication.
oRZ0E TIL: British-based firm Reckitt Benckiser admitted in 2016 that it sold a humidifier disinfectant that killed about 100 people in South Korea. They withdrew their product after South Korean authorities suggested a link between chemicals to sterilise humidifiers and lung conditions in 2011.