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TIL that in downtown Seattle, approximately 8,000 bananas are given away daily by Amazon "banistas" under the supervision of their "bananagers"

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Yp8ZB TIL The Dr. Fox Effect is when students see an educator as more intelligent/informative because of their charm/warmth as opposed to their actual intelligence or teaching ability. Nonverbal behaviors were notably able to completely mask a meaningless, jargon-filled, and confused presentation.
NnnJ TIL Oslo, Norway has the best subway coverage in Europe, with 80 percent of all commuting done by public transportation
grvOL TIL that Charles Goodell, father of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, was chosen to fill Robert F. Kennedy's Senate seat after his assassination.
wGd7 TIL the tomato originated in South America and only started being grown in Italy around 1550.
6EJlZ TIL the internet's first uploaded image was of the joke band Les Horribles Cernettes (LHC), an all-girl group comprised of girlfriends & assistants of CERN employees. One chorus went "You never spend your nights with me / You don't go out with other girls either / You only love... your collider"