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TIL that nearly all citrus fruits are hybrids of four original species

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dDmpE TIL Hugh Hefner paid $75000 for the burial spot next to Marilyn Monroe stating "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up
PYvOn TIL It took more than 70 years to complete the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Originally, the Philological Society predicted that the dictionary would take about 10 years to complete. Twenty-seven years later, the editors had successfully reached the word ant.
neA0P TIL the U.S. National Quiet Zone is 13,000 sq. miles where radio-emitting devices, including microwave ovens and most radio broadcasts, are illegal except for certain military and scientific purposes. It has also become a haven for people claiming to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
jvla TIL that George Washington did not have any wooden teeth, and that he had a set of REAL teeth from slaves
ko7d TIL that in mid-2001, FEMA declared the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing the U.S. to be a hurricane in New Orleans, a massive earthquake in San Francisco, and a terrorist attack in New York City.