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TIL a banana is a berry.

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N7KBJ TIL That Spaceballs was originally going to be titled Planet Moron, but was changed when a film titled Morons from Outer Space was released; Spaceballs, despite the assumed innuendo, was a result of needing “space” in the title and Brooks considering it one of his trademark “screwball” comedies.
M7X67 TIL using ultrasound technology, scientists can actually use whale songs to map out the ocean floor.
VMgR8 TIL that 'Moron', 'Idiot', and 'Imbecile' were once valid Psychology terms for people with low IQ. When these terms entered vernacular usage as insults, they were disused in favor of 'Mental Retardation' which in turn was disused in favor of 'Intellectual Disability'.
XEYD8 TIL According to the Catholic church everyone who believes in God will be saved during the Armageddon regardless of their opinion on Jesus, this includes Muslims, Jews and Christian schisms.
Z8eKp TIL that, as a vice presidential nominee in the 1824 election, John C. Calhoun was the running mate of both noted rivals John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson.