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TIL kiwis (the fruit) are considered berries, as are tomatoes, bananas and pomegranates.

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VB1JB TIL of Ronald Read, a gas station attendant and janitor in Vermont, who at the time of his death in 2015 had amassed a net worth of nearly $8 million.
gM0lL TIL Polar Bears have black skin.
0deL TIL the word “set” has 464 definitions, the most of any word in the English language.
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aVvy TIL that when Stan Lee was writing the second issue of Spider-Man, he accidentally called Spider-Man Peter Palmer, instead of his real name Peter Parker. The mistake was never noticed, and the comic was still shipped out.