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TIL a banana is a berry.

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AWJo TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine
DQLwr TIL 145 Polish pilots, representing some five percent of Fighter Command’s overall strength, claimed 203 German aircraft for the loss of 29 of their number killed in the Battle of Britain. This amounts to 15 percent of the Command’s total score
NX5ab TIL Much of Thespis (Gilbert and Sullivan's first opera) has been lost. The little music that has survived largely comes from Sullivan recycling his material, Climbing Over Rocky Mountain was later used in The Pirates of Penzance and the ballet was likely reused for the French The Mikado.
GeZ1 TIL one “Awesome Blossom” appetizer from Chili’s has as much fat as 67 strips of bacon.
woyRo TIL Owen Wilson was cast to play the part of Rick Peck in Tropic Thunder, however, Matthew McConaughey replaced him after he dropped out of the film following his suicide attempt in August 2007.