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TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.

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4X5Yw TIL two high school students found that despite advertising claims that “the blackcurrants in Ribena have four times the vitamin C of oranges,” the drink contained almost no trace of vitamin C and one orange juice brand had over three times more. The company were taken to court and fined NZ$217,500.
9a6G TIL when drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo was left abandoned after his death, four hippos escaped into the wilds of Colombia; their numbers have since grown to around 40.
yQJVv TIL the Spanish word for junk mail is “la propaganda.”
9Y9rp TIL about the similarities between Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Both put out three studio albums in four years that changed the trajectory of pop music, were left-handed guitarists, and died at the age of 27.
pv1p TIL that due to a perfect combination of depth, altitude and temperature bodies that drown in Lake Tahoe rarely surface OR decompose.