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TIL Coriander and Cilantro are from the same plant

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wLPJY TIL that Ford used an astrologer from California to determine which date they would launch the new Ford Taurus. They paid the astrologer $500.
bkRj TIL that some Brazilian prisoners are given the opportunity to ride stationary bikes in order to generate electricity. In return, they receive a day off of their sentence for every 24 hours of pedaling they put in.
ZX6G TIL the transgender prisoner in “Orange is the New Black” is played by a transgender woman with an identical twin brother who plays her character in pre-transition flashbacks.
XEdaP TIL William Rankin survived a (40 minute) fall through a thunderstorm cloud. Suffering immediate frostbite and mid-air internal bleeding, while being suspended aloft by updrafts, he watched lightning appear, which he described as blue blades several feet thick, and thunder that he could feel.
xVR7B TIL that daily or weekly streak doesn’t motivate people to continue doing something once it’s discontinued. Rather, it’s better to show the total number of days that you did something since the number will never be decreased and never demotivate users.