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TIL Cilantro and Coriander come from the same plant. Cilantro is the leaves, and Coriander is the seeds.

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ne8XP TIL In South Korea repeated sex offenders are chemically castrated

Brogb TIL Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier during the Seige of Syracuse in 212 BC, despite orders that he not be harmed. His last words were "Don't disturb my circles!"

awAQb TIL Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell would often be distracted by shiny things, puppies, and balloons while on the mound. He once ran off the field to chase a fire truck on the way to a fire.

YpEOd TIL in 2018, Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, was posthumously issued a pardon by President Trump, 105 years after his conviction in 1913, under the Mann Act, in which he crossed state lines with his wife Lucille, a white woman

rR6Nx TIL The first camera phone was sold 20 years ago. The Kyocera VP-210 was released in 1999. The phone had an 0.11MP camera and could take up to 20 pictures before its onboard storage was full.