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Today I learned that eggplant is considered a berry

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ZpE0D TIL about Togo the lead sled dog for musher Leonhard Seppala during the 1925 Serum Run to deliver much needed diphtheria medicine to Nome, Alaska. He took a longer (261 miles) and riskier route than other lead dog but his efforts were overshadowed by Balto, the lead dog for the final leg (53 miles).
oR1GW TIL in 1986, the LA Times still put “Rap” in quotes describing the music in a headline.
gMop7 TIL there is a county in Wisconsin called Iowa. Within that county is a town called Wyoming. The full name of the town would be Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin.
Zppja TIL some people are born tongue-tied. This anomaly restricts mobility of the tongue due to an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, the membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. The condition is easily fixed by surgically cutting the frenulum
pdJZ TIL that Spider-Man can use his ability to adhere to surfaces offensively- once, he ripped half of a woman’s face off.