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TIL Shakespeare invented the name Jessica for the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’

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Z8emo TIL that corn is a grain, a vegetable and a fruit
MeOvm TIL of Harlon Block, a marine who raised the flag on Iwo Jima but then died soon after. He was misidentified in the famous picture for 2 years but his mother knew it was him. Looking at the photo she exclaimed “I’ve changed so many diapers on that boy’s butt, I know it’s my boy"
78ONM TIL the Chevy Suburban has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
ZEnv TIL eating a human body would provide about 81,500 calories
5PKn TIL Yugoslavia spent $6 billion constructing an underground airport that can withstand a direct strike from a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead