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TIL space has been continuously occupied by humans for 14 years 316 days as of today.

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nebaB TIL that blue bananas exist, and they taste like vanilla
x65Jg TIL Oreos are an imitation of the Hydrox chocolate cream-centered cookie introduced in 1908, but they outstripped Hydrox in popularity so much that many think Hydrox is an imitation of Oreo
wOE8 TIL that avocados are berries, poisonous to most animals, and probably left over from a time when megafauna, large enough to swallow and digest them whole, roamed North America
nW4mo TIL that there were Olympic medals for painters, sculptors, writers and musicians until 1952.
rKQ1 TIL that German special forces unit GSG-9 were trained to shoot women first as they were regarded as more ruthless and aggressive then men.