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TIL Sir Winston Churchill is an Honorary citizen of the US, the first to be one non-posthumously

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j6BOn TIL That Hops (beer), Hackberry, Blue Sandalwood and Trema Orientalis are all closely related to cannabis. And blackberries, apples, peaches, figs, and roses are all in the same Rosales order as cannabis. (distant cousins)
QkQe TIL that about 400,000 pounds of man-made material has been left on the moon, including “96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit”.
9gD TIL Laser propelled flying saucers known as “Lightcraft” have been successfully tested by the US Army since 1999.
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