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TIL that all teas (e.g. black, green, white) come from the same plant camellia sinensis and differ only in the processing methods

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8a7W8 TIL of a huge sunken land-mass in the Pacific Ocean, dubbed Zealandia. It was spied from space, and scientists favor it being formally recognized as the 8th continent, of which New Zealand is it's only visible portion.
QxvE TIL that Willie Nelson will be receiving his 5th Degree Black Belt in the art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul, a modern Korean martial arts system.
xaY7 TIL: When slaves were freed in the USA, some towns in the south would arrest young black men for not having a job and then sell them to corporations like US Steel as slaves for the duration of their sentence
nkdb TIL - Cracking your knuckles does not increase your chances of developing Arthritis
9wlK7 TIL Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the single largest expansion of protected lands in history which more than doubled the size of the National Parks System