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TIL: zucchini and corn are fruits

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1RQX TIL The movie Patch Adams hindered the real Patch Adams and his Gesundheit Institute in getting funds to build a hospital as the movie falsely claims the hospital was already built.
RZLw TIL that Houston airport received an inordinate number of complaints about baggage wait times. In response, officials moved baggage claim farther away so the walk was longer than the wait. The number of complaints plummeted to “near zero.”
5Vg6n TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was created by a dental technician, Klaus Teuber. It was so popular he retired to become a game designer. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year 4 times.
b619Z TIL that there's an underground coal fire in Australia that's been continuously burning for ~6000 years.
xVk60 TIL that a First Lady of the United States was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland, served as First Lady for two years until the marriage of her brother, President Grover Cleveland.