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TIL The Supreme Court unanimously decided that tomatoes were vegetables

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5VVaQ TIL that scientists believe that early human ancestors used to have three eyelids. One of the eyelids eventually became the small fold in the corner of human eyes today.
abeo TIL Korn had a song called “Y'all Want a Single” which was written in defiance towards their label requesting a radio friendly song to be made for their album. The song had nearly 100 expletives. It later became a single after their fans voted for it to become one on the band’s forum.
Y7kBr TIL In 1985 the American military got into standoff with the Italian military over an Egyptian plane containing Palestinian boat hijackers. The event ended without major incident.
Z8JMD TIL The luftwaffe planted buoys in the english channel for downed pilots to survive in, containing food, alcohol, clothing and games.
8ZX4 TIL that Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor. Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.