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TIL the California Avocado Association renamed the Alligator Pear to Avocado in 1915 to better appeal to consumers

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KYwpB TIL whiskers can spontaneously grow from tin and several other metals, sometimes causing catastrophic damage within electrical circuits. NASA has a team dedicated to investigating this risk, but the fundamental cause of “whiskering” has still not been discovered.
nWvR7 TIL Humans will naturally begin to walk in circles when they can't tell what direction is straight, and there is no agreed on explanation for this
91Q TIL that wild octopuses engage in “jealous murders,” gender bending, and once-in-a-lifetime sex.
v1V78 TIL an eagle stole a rabbit from a fox, carrying both into the air as the fox fought to hold onto his meal. The mid-flight tug of war over the rabbit was caught on tape by wildlife photographer Kevin Ebi in Washington State's San Juan Island National Historical Park.
e9vE TIL that when the Sears catalogue began to be printed on glossy paper instead of “regular” paper, the company received complaints because people found it harder to use as toilet paper