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TIL - Lemons aren't a naturally ocurring food. Studies have shown that the lemon is a cross between bitter orange (which itself is a hybrid of pomelos and mandarins) and citron.

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VMR1k TIL that a Nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission, and was the precursor to modern cinema.
m15Zp TIL there is a very small (9-inch-tall) aluminum pyramid on the very top of the Washington Monument, because at the time it was completed, aluminum was considered more precious than gold or silver
PYRJw TIL that the inflatable dancing men we see at used car lots today were invented by a Caribbean puppeteer specifically for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
P1MWe TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity
GANjJ TIL that before the 13th amendment banned slavery, an earlier 13th amendment passed congress and was signed by Buchanan saying the government could not interfere with a state's right to have slavery. The Civil War breaking out saved it from going to the people to be ratified.