r/todayilearned

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TIL that Black pepper has been used in Indian cooking since 2000 BC and was used as a form of commodity money.

u/Desperate_Dirt_3041

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TIL that Black pepper has been used in Indian cooking since 2000 BC and was used as a form of commodity money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper

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u/VABYSMO

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TIL: It was only 52 years ago that it became legal for unmarried couples in the United States to possess contraception.

u/nosecohn

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TIL: It was only 52 years ago that it became legal for unmarried couples in the United States to possess contraception.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenstadt_v._Baird

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TIL that In 2017, a team of geologists from New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia concluded that Zealandia is a submerged continent, not a microcontinent or continental fragment. The continent's large size and isolation from Australia support its definition as a continent.

u/filmmaker08042005

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TIL that In 2017, a team of geologists from New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia concluded that Zealandia is a submerged continent, not a microcontinent or continental fragment. The continent's large size and isolation from Australia support its definition as a continent.

https://rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday/archive/27/3/article/GSATG321A.1.htm

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