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TIL Cranberries aren't grown under water, instead the fields are flooded with 18 inches of water the night before, in order to harvest the cranberries easier.

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woYyW TIL that a New York cinema owner at the time of The Titanic disaster, tried to trick his customers with footage of Titanic launching and pretended it was footage of the actual sinking. He was beaten up on a number of occasions for this.
W7ZLB TIL That Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts portrayed in the movie 'Glory', was buried with his troops in a mass grave at Fort Wagner upon his death. Though the Confederates did so as an insult Shaw's family and friends believed he would have considered it an honor.
DOlD TIL that we are in the middle of the sixth mass extinction called Holocene extinction
X6NR TIL that pistachios were dyed red to cover imperfections on the shells due to the harvesting methods when grown in the Middle East. But now 98% of pistachios are grown in California, which why you don’t see red pistachios anymore.
69BgX TIL that boxer Rocky Marciano, is the only world heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.