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TIL Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't

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0dGVR TIL In 1987, Prince planned to release an album under the name Camille using his extensive androgynous range without any acknowledgement of his identity.
XEXnR TIL consonants and vowels are defined by the sound they make when voiced, not the letters themselves. For example, the letter U is a vowel in ‘undergrad’ and a consonant in ‘university.’ The letter W is a consonant in ‘whisky’ and vowel(ish) in ‘saw.’
yQjyX TIL that George Washington is the second richest American president in history, worth 580 million when adjusted for inflation.
oB1bK TIL of PFOA or C8, better known as Teflon. Teflon(PFOA) is considered a "forever chemical" in that there is no naturally occurring process that can break it down. It's now found in the blood of 98% of humans in the U.S. And is specifically linked to 6 cancers/health aliments.
WkNgo TIL That in 1974, Time magazine researchers learned, and informed Jack Nicholson (30 at that time), that his sister was actually his mother, and his mother was his grandmother.