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TIL grapefruit is a hybrid of sweet orange and pomelo

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Y7pXG TIL that Horatio Alger, whose aspirational and highly popular stories usually featured a poor boy being taken under the wing of an older man, was charged with "the abominable and revolting crime of gross familiarity with boys" as a young minister. He did not contest the charges and left town.
awA79 TIL Mr. Rogers had a very distinct way of speaking to children to make sure ideas were communicated clearly. His production team fondly called it “Freddish”.
W7yEo TIL: that the average American, based on averages from all states, will pay an estimated $130,461 over their lifetime in interest fees.
wL0wE TIL that the national meteorological service of Italy is one of the last national meteorological service which is still within the armed forces
QJZgM TIL in 2012 an Air Canada flight was grounded for four hours because a passenger’s cat got out of its carrier and hid in the cockpit.