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TIL the coffee bean is actually just the pit of a bright red fruit called a coffee cherry

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loY85 TIL of quipos - the Andean writing system which didn't use ink and paper/tablets/skins. Information was encoded in an intricate system of strings of colored yarn tied in a variety of knots. This system survived until just after the Conquistadors.
7W0Z TIL - In the cold war, US, UK, FR intelligence deprived the Soviets in East German of Toilet paper so they would resort using official documents to wipe. Operation Tamarisk was great success.
8aRXX TIL a nurse paid over $400,000 to a Nigerian 419 scam over the course of 3 years re-mortgaging her house and using her husband's retirement savings
Gj14 TIL the average color of light in the universe is a shade of beige dubbed “Cosmic Latte”
mxygv TIL that being outraged is literally addicting. When outraged, your brain triggers the fight or flight response and with it a shot of dopamine.