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TIL Plants with square shaped stems are in the Mint Family

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R7av4 TIL that in Japan, it takes up to 20 years of school to become a sushi chef, which is years longer than it takes to become a doctor.
d6l8 TIL Marge Simpson from the Simpsons has such huge hair as Matt Groening originally wanted her to be an anthropomorphic bunny, concealing rabbit ears under her hair
epPdL TIL: According to a 2012 census, the largest ethnic group in Guyana (almost 40%) and Suriname (over 27%) are of Indian heritage. Not indigenous "Indians." People from actual India.
e05Bb TIL that some countries (Russia, Norway, Eastern Europe) clap in rhythmic unison to express approval and enjoyment, as opposed to random clapping
LkpK0 TIL the American Dialect Society voted "plutoed" (meaning: to demote or devalue someone) as word of the year in 2006. In August of that year, the International Astronomical Union had declassified Pluto as a planet.