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TIL: the term vagina means “sword holder” in Latin.
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TIL a university professor has created a hybridized tree type yielding 40 different kinds of fruit, including “peaches, plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, cherries and more”, all using low-tech grafting techniques
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TIL that tennis balls are green/yellow because they were the easiest for viewers at home to see on their colour TVs. Before that, they were white
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TIL before Post Malone's music became popular he lived in a house with SkyDoesMinecraft
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TIL Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968 when he walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., sold a top secret document for several thousand dollars, and negotiated an ongoing salary of $500 to $1,000 a week
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TIL Arctos is the Greek word for bear, meaning the Grizzly Bear’s scientific name (Ursus arctos) literally translates as “Bear Bear”, the Arctic Ocean is the “Bear Ocean”, and Antarctica is “The Land with no Bears”.