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TIL Modern cultivated apples (Malus domestica) trace their roots to Kazakhstan, specifically the region near the city of Almaty, previously named Alma-Ata or "father of apples."

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yQ8lw TIL In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan got four of its members elected to Anaheim, California's five-member board of trustees, giving them control of city government. When the Klan's plan was exposed, their representatives were successfully recalled in a special election the following year.
v1laK TIL: The Morris worm has been referred to as the "Great Worm", due to the devastating effect it had on the Internet, both in system downtime and psychological impact on the perception of internet security and reliability. The name was derived from the "Great Worms" of Tolkien: Scatha and Glaurung.
4Xp6N TIL that weird dream like state before you actually fall asleep is called hypnagogia or hypnagogic hallucinations.
wY71 TIL the “Monte Carlo fallacy” was named after an actual game of roulette played in Monte Carlo where the ball landed on black 26 times in a row. Millions of francs were lost by gamblers who believed red was “due” to come up.
Lr1r TIL The Japanese Army used 3,500 tons of snow to create a Star Wars mural