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TIL that strawberries are not berries, but bananas are.
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TIL in 2018 there was 752 acid attacks in London, more than 2 every single day.
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TIL that on average US homes are around 3x bigger than UK homes
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TIL the word "nuclear" is very often mis-spoken as "nucular". The pronunciation has often been used to signify low intellect and it has been said by numerous famous people and referenced in shows like Family Guy, the Simpsons and Woody Allen's 1989 film Crimes and Misdemeanors
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TIL During the Civil War, a man gained national recognition by repeatedly auctioning off a plain sack of flour. By doing so, he raised $250,000 which aided wounded soldiers.
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TIL that “jiggawatt” is an obscure but acceptable pronunciation for “gigawatt”, which makes its use in the movie “Back to the Future” legitimate. Producer Bob Gale said he had thought it was pronounced this way because this was how a scientific advisor on the film pronounced it.