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TIL the scientific name for chocolate, theobroma cacao, means 'food of the gods' (Theo meaning deity and broma being archaic English for food)

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R5gp8 TIL Kokura was the main target for the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb, but on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by morning fog. Because the order was to drop the bomb visually, the pilots diverted about 100 km south to Nagasaki, killing 35,000 people within seconds of its detonation.
kEy5 TIL that in 1993, a researcher “discovered” and actually published their method on finding the area under a curve… essentially forgetting that calculus existed for 400 years already.
G6PE TIL in 2012 six LCD screen manufacturers were discovered to have colluded in selling over $70 billion price-fixed screens.
W76P8 TIL breathing into a paper bag to ease anxiety attacks is a real thing, with science to back it up, and not just something seen on TV/Movies.
OovG4 TIL There’s cyanide inside avocado pits and apple seeds