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TIL 90% of the world's star anise crop is used for making Tamiflu

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wo8gE TIL Between 2011 and 2020 the second most common cause of death in aviation crashes was suicide by pilot. A majority of these cases were small planes only occupied by the pilot.
KYrp6 TIL that rather confusingly “lime tree” can refer to two very different and unrelated trees, at least in the UK. A lime tree is one that produces citrus fruit, or one of the genus Tilia (in North America often called Linden not to confuse with the citrus one)
PYVXg TIL The largest concentration of Indian restaurants outside the Indian Subcontinent is in Manchester, England on Wilmslow Road which is nicknamed “Curry Mile”
7wKX TIL: Inspired by the character Lt. Uhura, Mae Jemison joined NASA and became the first African American woman in space, then later became the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek.
Br85W TIL 1986 Ted Nugent made a $10 Million dollar bid for "elevator music" company Muzak, solely to shut them down.