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TIL: A pineapple is not a single fruit, but a group of berries! Banana is a berry too!

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G5Og TIL the Queen can de-knight someone, one of the last people to be de-knighted was a financier who participated in a scheme to inflate the share price of Guinness.
a8G9b TIL that in 2012, a crucified Jesus statue in India started dripping water from it's feet. Hundreds of believers flocked to the dripping cross, collecting and consuming the “holy” water. It was later revealed that the source of the water was a clogged toilet from a nearby washroom.
OwNe TIL: The US Supreme Court Ruled That Professional Solicitors and Charities Are Not Required to Disclose Their Commission Structure Up Front. A Telemarketer Could Legally Take 99% of the Charitable Donation as a Commission.
p88ZG TIL that "Remember, remember the 5th of November" is a reference to a failed plot to secure a greater religious tolerance for Catholics from the Anglican King James I
4MgN TIL Monica Lewinsky, as of 2014, had still not held a full-time job since leaving the Pentagon in 1997.