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TIL There is an edible tree with 7x more vitamin C than Oranges, 4x more Calcium than milk, 3x more Potassium than bananas, 4x the Vitamin A of Carrots and 2x the Protein of yogurt. And it can also be used to effectively purify water (more info in comments)

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LknOZ TIL In Spain, a municipality was named Castrillo Matajudíos ("Jew-killer Camp") from 1627 to 2015. Matamoros (Moor killer), however, remains a common place name, surname, and even the name of several businesses in Spanish-speaking countries.
E1bOo TIL the NAACP for eighteen years flew a huge flag over its New York headquarters stating, “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.” In the wake of the lynching of Jesse Washington.
do6E TIL Photographer Robert Capa was the only photographer or journalist to land on Normandy with the first wave of troops. He took 106 pictures. Due to a later lab accident, only 11 survived.
nW6Xb TIL That in 2003, a pizza delivery man named Brian Wells robbed a PNC bank while wearing an explosive neck collar. The collar exploded when apprehended by police. The purpose of the robbery was to obtain money for a woman who can then pay for a hitman to kill her father for the inheritance.
9g9m TIL that while John and Clarence Anglin, 2 of the 3 men who ever escaped from Alcatraz, were officially reported to have drowned in the bay, their mother received flowers anonymously every Mother’s Day until she died, and two very tall unknown women were reported to have attended her funeral.