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TIL That dogs evolved eyebrows specifically to communicate with humans.

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AA77 TIL In Turkey, the word for “turkey” is “hindi”, meaning “India”. In India, the word for “turkey” is “peru”.
p8M7O TIL Al Pacino improvised the look of his character Big Boy Caprice in 1990's Dick Tracy
QJ8Gp TIL portobello mushrooms are just grown-up versions of the common and smaller white/brown mushrooms
GY8dQ TIL- apples are not indigenous to North America, nor most of Europe. They originated in Kazakhstan, in central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. The capital of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata, means “full of apples.” By 1500 BC apple seeds had been carried throughout Europe
re61 TIL that in the ‘80s Susan B. Anthony dollars were so unpopular the US Mint had to keep $500 million worth of the coins in storage because there was no demand to circulate them.