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TIL humans and strawberries share 60% of their dna

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AoAl TIL in California if you order a cold Subway sandwich “to go” then its non taxed. Order it “for here” and the sandwich is taxed.
DQKWp TIL that Ryu from Street Fighter is based on Karate master Mas Oyama
4XAja TIL of Chad Varah—a priest who started the first suicide hotline in 1953 after the first funeral he conducted early in his career was for a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after having no one to talk to when her first period came and believed she’d contracted an STD.
d8Zlj TIL the musicians scene in Titanic was based on real events- all 8 musicians continued to play as the ship sank intending to calm passengers and all went down with the ship.
mxp8E TIL Vincent Van Gogh gave his 1889 'Portrait of Doctor Félix Rey' to Dr. Rey (The physician who had treated his severed ear). The physician was not fond of the painting and used it to repair a chicken coop, then gave it away. In 2016, the portrait was estimated to be worth over $50 million