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TIL that the very popular Chipotle Pepper is nothing more than a smoke dried Jalapeño...

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1Jyr TIL that the Supreme Court ruling that guarantees you legal representation in criminal trials is the result of an appeal that was hand-written in pencil by a man with an 8th grade education only 45 days into his 5 year prison sentence.
WkwDY TIL about The Streisand effect (named after Barbara Streisand)- a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
YVdv TIL The Mona Lisa wasn’t famous until it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
4XQw TIL That E=mc^2 is actually technically wrong, and that the real equation is E^2=m^2c^4 + P^2c^2 and by trying to find the energy, you need to squareroot, and it shows the possible existence of anti-particles.
DQXaV TIL that Aphantasia is a neurological phenomenon where individuals can't create voluntary mental images, including visual, auditory, or sensory representations in the mind's eye.