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TIL cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan are all THE SAME SPECIES

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16JnX TIL in 2016 Police in Texas used a robot armed with a bomb to kill a sniper.
ANQ7o TIL that since 2004, Parque EcoAlberto, an outdoor adventure park in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, has offered a 3 hour nighttime experience that puts visitors through a fake crossing of the US-Mexico border with sirens, dogs, chases, drug smugglers and the fake border patrol yelling threats.
LkVyP TIL the marching song for the US 1st Marine Division is the Australian song Waltzing Matilda, due to the division's close relationship with Australia during WWII.
0deQ1 TIL that that "Bring me the Horizon" got their band name from a line in Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of The Black pearl(2003)
oRlGW TIL that the plastic cover on an emergency switch on devices is called a Molly-guard because the inventor's daughter (Molly) kept pushing the button.