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TIL that, from a biological point of view, vegetables don’t exist. All food items we call vegetables can actually be labelled as a real plant part (carrots are roots, lettuce is a leaf, etc)

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OGJ9X TIL that Lensey Namioka, born in China, has a name that cannot be written in Chinese. Her linguist father found two Chinese syllables, "len" and "sey", that aren't used in words so don't have Chinese characters. He named his next daughter "Lensey"; she is the only known person with the name.
wOZ7 TIL that in the ‘60s, Disneyland had women dressed as mermaids sunning themselves and performing synchronized swimming in the lagoon of the Submarine Voyage. Male guests would sometimes jump in lagoon try to talk to them.
W6LA TIL the lead singer of Three Dog Night, Chuck Negron, had so much sex that his penis exploded, literally.
Wkp19 TIL the woman who first proposed the theory that Shakespeare wasn't the real author, didn't do any research for her book and was eventually sent to an insane asylum
ANWJa TIL that some people suffer from a "weekend migraine" or "let-down headache" on weekends or other breaks from a 9-to-5 weekday job due to a decrease in stress.