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TIL There is a species of broccoli called Lieutenant Broccoli.

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xNJo TIL that special training is given to prison officers administering corporal punishment in Singapore and Malaysia, to teach them how to swing the 1.09-metre cane at a minimum speed of 160kph and produce a force upon impact of at least 90kg.
eZ64 TIL of the GMO apple that doesn’t brown after it’s been sliced
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