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TIL that Bamboo is a Grass, not a Tree

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V51k TIL The Nazis had a “Black Book” of notables they wanted rounded up in England after they invaded and conqured that country. Some people included: Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell and Violet Bonham Carter, grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
6ELv8 TIL that the biggest movie explosion was in the James Bond film ‘Spectre’
vJ1x TIL the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” is a reference to prostitutes in Hamburg who were given a card by medical authorities indicating they didn’t have any STDs.
EyQd TIL Rob Riggle, (SNL, The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, etc…) is a retired US Marine Lt. Colonel, serving his country for 23 years, deploying to Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan.
6E1xl TIL that unrelated animals have evolved into crabs so many times that biologists have a word for it, "carcinisation"