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TIL they are called Brussels sprouts, not brussel sprouts
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TIL letting a cut “get air,” or “breathe,” is actually the wrong thing to do to heal it.
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TIL that when Mt. Everest was found to be the tallest mountain on Earth at 29000ft (the estimate at the time), an extra 2 feet were added on top of the number because they feared if it was too round of a number, the public would think they had picked an arbitrary number.
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TIL the word “apron” was originally “napron” but “a napron” shifted to “an apron”.
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TIL that giant pandas were removed from the Endangered Species list
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TIL that Native Americans ate some species of white clover plants raw.