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TIL that Black Pepper starts as a green stone fruit and was popularized in the 15th century when the Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama located it growing on the shores of India

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694MY TIL after Tony Hawk complained about how bad the prototype skateboard emoji looked, he was invited to help redesign it
jQ9v TIL A Spider exists in Madagascar whose Silk is over 10 times stronger than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar.It is the toughest biological material ever studied. This spider was discovered in 2009.
9YL8B TIL Canada has a polar bear jail for disorderly polar bears
eK14 TIL judges will almost never instruct the jury that they are free to disregard the law; but if the jury disregards the law on its own initiative, then the verdict stands.
nedmd TIL fish can breathe air outside water but only die when their gills collapse or get too dry.