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TIL young eggplants look like eggs, which is where they got their name

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yQ18e TIL Metallica's catering rider for their 2004 tour repeatedly stated in all-caps that it was very important to have bacon available at every meal and throughout the day.
GALb1 TIL that bone china is made from bone ash, feldspathic material and kaolin, and it originated in the UK, not in China.
R7gl TIL that the chainsaw was invented by doctors to perform surgery.
e01vE TIL of "floating armories". Private military companies providing security against Somali pirates will station ships full of weapons in international waters. Other ships pick up and drop off weapons in the middle of the ocean, to avoid illegally bringing weapons into anyone's territorial waters.
44y6 TIL Del Close, improv teacher of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Bill Murray, said on his deathbed, “I’m tired of being the funniest person in the room.”