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TIL that when the Spanish asked the Mayans what their land was named, they replied “Yucatán” which literally translates to “I don’t understand you.”

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QJLX TIL that because of breeding, corn as we know it today would not survive in the wild. It would become extinct if human agriculture and farms ceased to exist.
xZa5 TIL red delicious apples used to be yellower, and tasted extremely sweet. However, farmers selectively bred them for redder color (because consumers were drawn to it) and longer shelf-life, destroying the flavor of the Apple.
lde7 TIL Grammy award winning solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie is deaf and “listens” through vibration
g9l8 TIL that once Yo Yo Ma, a famous cellist, played in Steve Job’s living room and Jobs called his performance “the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God.”
MeE00 TIL the cult fo the flying spaghetti monster is basically just a copy of the already existing Baháí Faith, that acknowledges all other religions and embraces human rights and science