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TIL eggplants are called that because baby eggplants look like hard boiled eggs

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ZvKQ TIL Russia installed lighthouses powered by nuclear generators along its coastline in the ‘70s. Two of those generators are now missing.
l7J7 TIL that a 1944 opinion poll in the US found that 13% of the public were in favor of “killing off” all Japanese: men, women, and children.
b9yDQ TIL Earthquakes on Mars are called Marsquakes.
R7D8j TIL that a calendar system for Mars has already bean devised for potential future settlement. The calendar contains 24 months of 27 or 28 days each, named after Latin and Sanskrit constellation names.
J1jOB TIL The Japanese art form of Kusôzu, which means “painting of the nine stages of a decaying corpse”, portrays the sequential decay of a cadaver, usually female, in graphic detail. The paintings are meant to encourage contemplation on the repulsive aspects of the body and discourage sexual desire.