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TIL all US Government issued pens are made by a company that only employs the blind (Skillcraft)

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W7re8 TIL that the United States Supreme Court established that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit under U.S. Customs regulations. The Court’s 1893 decision was meant to differentiate the technical botanical definition from the commonly used one.
W7ErY TIL about Ponte City, a 55 story circular apartment building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, in the 80s gang activity made the area very unsafe and garbage thrown into the open core reached 5 stories high. It has since been restored and is once again a desirable place to live.
VMDJ8 TIL that the reason we get a runny nose after crying is because the leftover fluid that wasn’t shed through tears gets drained into the nose through the “lacrimal point” (that weird mysterious hole on your lower eyelid).
VX7p TIL that some of the polar ice sheets on Mars are bigger than Los Angeles and could be used as fresh water sources.
W74aX TIL Panthers are not a separate species but the term given to melanistic variants of jaguars and leopards