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TIL broccoli was not naturally occurring, and was created by Italian farmers over 2000 years ago

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gM9l7 TIL there are more businesses incorporated in Delaware than there are Delawareans; over 50% of all American businesses choose Delaware to game taxes, courts, and laws.
06NM TIL - At the age of 15, Jim Carrey and his family were so poor that they were all living out of a van, with Jim having to quit school and become a janitor to help support them.
xVZ1D TIL that the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata is the longest poem ever written with 200,000 verses and 1.8 million words. It was orally transmitted for centuries before being written down 2500 years ago.
jNW7Q TIL James Bond was based off a real spy. Sidney Reilly, born Salomon Rosenblum to Ukrainian Jews, spied for at least 4 different countries and is still considered the 'Superspy'.
Jk94 TIL there is a flower often used as a food dye in Southeast Asian cuisine called “Clitoria”–named because it resembles a woman’s sexual organs