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TIL that the Christian portrayal of the fruit that Eve ate as an apple may come down to a Latin pun. Eve ate a “mālum” (apple) and also took in “malum” (evil). There’s no Biblical evidence that the fruit was an apple.
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TIL that in the US state of Florida, tyramine is a Schedule I drug, illegal in “any material [at] any quantity,” making most wines, cheeses, and chocolates, among other things, technically illegal.
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TIL that in the US state of Florida, tyramine is a Schedule I drug, illegal in “any material [at] any quantity,” making many wines, cheeses, and chocolates technically illegal.
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