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TIL that early Italian renaissance people, such as Leonardo da Vinci, have not seen or tried tomatoes in their lives.

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Ypp9P Suppose two Chinese parents get on an Australian airplane and, while flying over U.S. territory, they have a baby on the plane. Can that baby be an American citizen?
1aaWP TIL: In Feb. 2016 CA SB-1463 proposed laws to mitigate wildfire risks posed by overhead power lines. It passed House & Senate unanimously. Gov Brown vetoed it. California had the deadliest wildfires in history, caused by overhead power lines.
j6VYN TIL that John Tyler, the 10th U.S. President still has a living grandson, Harrison Tyler who is 94 yrs old.
j6V9n TIL that the difference between a roth and traditional IRA is that you contribute taxed dollars to a roth IRA and don't get taxed when you withdraw, whereas a traditional IRA is taxed with pre-taxed dollars but you get taxed in the tax bracket you're in at the time of your withdrawal.
1aNOX TIL in 2017, the University of Akron in Ohio banned carved pumpkins in the dorms. So instead, student Alex Shwarz carved a pineapple. The school threw it out as it would attract rodents and bugs. To retaliate, Schwarz craved an army of mini Jack-o-Lanterns from apples. The school finally gave up.