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TIL Peppers change their name when they are dried. For example, a Chipotle is a smoked and dried jalapeño

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gMvV8 TIL that Waylon Jennings was supposed to be on the plane that killed Buddy Holly, but he gave his seat to J. P. Richardson who was sick at the time. Before they left Holly jokingly said that he hoped the bus broke down, to which Jennings replied, "I hope your ol' plane crashes."
YLDG TIL the original Super Mario Bros 2 game was too hard and unpopular overseas, so Nintendo redeveloped an existing Japanese game (Dream Factory: Heart-Pounding Panic) and turned it into what we know as Super Mario Bros 2, hence the weird, new characters and game play.
p8OWZ TIL that Olivia de Havilland, the actress who played one of the main parts in 1939's Gone With the Wind, is still alive at 103 years old.
vK8j TIL Steve Jobs tried to donate a computer for EVERY school in America, when the government did not collaborate he did it to the 10,000 schools in California
OKne TIL there is a museum in Croatia named “Froggyland” which is entirely composed of over 500 stuffed Frogs in human positions.