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TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.

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JYOYv TIL Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi died eating mercury pills that were supposed to prolong his life. Afraid that news of his death would cause a revolt, his trusted advisors transported his body back to his palace among barrels of rotten fish, to mask the smell.
pY8N8 TIL that a 90s Canadian action series, "Tropical Heat", became a suprise hit in Serbia. The main character (Rob Stewart's "Nick Slaughter") became a hero and symbol of the 1996 opposition against Slobodan Milošević, and no one from the show was aware of the cult status it reached there until 2008.
6Em0Q TIL George Miller, creator of the Mad Max movie franchise, also directed the family friendly films Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City.
AND77 TIL that a test launch of the 1st generation Soyuz had the escape module fire off 27 minutes after the main rocket launch was aborted, due to Earth's rotation. Then the still-fully fueled rocket caught on fire.
OoZ11 TIL that only 9% of all plastic waste ever produced has been recycled.