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TIL the University of Western Ontario has a wind tunnel big enough to hold a two-story house. The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes is used to test the effects of hurricane-strength wind and windborne debris on structures. Weather aficionados call it the "Three Little Pigs Project."
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TIL the reason why some potato chips are brown in color and seem 'burned' can be attributed to 'Zebra Chip'. Zebra Chip is a disease that alters the sugar levels in the potato. The sugar caramelizes and turns the chip brown when it is fried, giving it an off taste and burnt appearance
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TIL that salmon sex can literally "move mountains". A WSU researcher linked salmon sex to geological change