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TIL oranges are actually a hybrid between mandarin oranges and pomelos.

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x6jW7 TIL in the 1893 case of Nix v. Hedden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, for purposes of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, tomatoes are vegetables. The Supreme Court relied on the fact that tomatoes are usually used as vegetables since they're normally served with dinner and not dessert.
9pyQ TIL that Tang, Cool Whip, Pop Rocks and Jell-o were all invented by the same man.
VMED0 TIL that when James Robert Ringrose, one of FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, was arrested in 1966, he presented the FBI agents with a "Get out of jail free" card from Monopoly
5VGor TIL pitcher plants can "taste" their prey and adjust their digestive juices. Sarracenia purpurea senses what it catches—like proteins or DNA—and tweaks the mix of enzymes it releases to digest it. This helps the plant save energy by only making what it needs.
6Eyw8 TIL that debian (a linux based Operating System - Parent of Ubuntu) has its versions named after toy story characters since its initial release in 1996 (code named Buzz after Buzz Lightyear)