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TIL That Red Bell Peppers are Just Ripe Green Bell Peppers

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jN5QQ TIL in 1921, the 15-year-old former emperor of China, Puyi, decided he wanted to have a telephone. His advisors were afraid it would give him too much independence since Puyi usually had no contact with the outside world. But when he finally got his phone, he just used it to make prank calls.
kJkXd TIL Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar who played with The Beatles
8gKX TIL: Scientists bred extremely sexually attractive male mosquitoes whose offspring are unable to breed. So these mosquitoes will hopefully dominate the mosquito gene pool, and in a generation or two, billions of mosquito larvae will be reproductive dead-ends.
7rZlx TIL of the caveman fused into rock. After extracting the bones sticking out from limestone, researchers believe the Neanderthal fell down a sinkhole around 150,000 years ago. The bones gradually became incorporated into the stalactites left behind by water dribbling down the cave walls.
wLA68 Today I learned about the "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" language puzzle.