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TIL that the seedless bananas that we consume are called Cavendish bananas and they will go extinct in the next decade due to a fungus called Panama disease.

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R58g7 TIL that it's not just the fur of Tigers which is striped, their skin is too.
dDXBj TIL that in 1860 President Buchanan vetoed the Homestead Act, stating it was unfair to "old settlers" who had paid for the land.
R7rMl TIL America's treatment of Native Americans convinced Hitler of the practicality of genocide, and the Indian reservation system inspired him in creating concentration camps
E168P TIL that Keanu Reeves trained for four months in karate for The Matrix. Later, he learned over 200 martial arts moves for Matrix Reloaded and also learned Judo and Jujitso for John Wick.
WkEE4 TIL the classic VW Beetle was produced in Mexico from 1955 until as late as 2003, where it was used as a taxi. The Mexican government effectively ended the Beetle's production because street gangs would often raid two-door cars as the passenger in the back couldn't escape.