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TIL That Red Bell Peppers are Just Ripe Green Bell Peppers

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J19b8 TIL that the "dog" in hot-dog originally referred to a dachshund — the short-legged, long-bodied dog breed. German immigrants in the 1800s sold sausages they called “dachshund sausages” because of their shape. One day, a cartoonist who couldn’t spell “dachshund” just called it a hot dog 🐶🌭
AQpo TIL Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s daughter, posed for Playboy
KO0dw Today I learned the name "IKEA" is actually an acronym that stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. Ingvar Kamprad is the founder's name while Elmytrad is his farm name and Agunnaryd is his hometown.
KOeZJ TIL that although red, yellow and green LED lights have been widely available since the 1960s, blue and white LEDs did not exist until the 1990s. The people who invented the blue LED won the Nobel prize for it in 2014, as it finally allowed for them to display the full color spectrum with LEDs.
9wJym TIL King James I of England spoke against the dangers of tobacco in 1604, calling it dangerous to the lungs and brain and attempted to put heavy taxes on it