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TIL that photos from the 1950's to the 1980's faded because of the switch to wood-based paper.
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TIL that onions don't contain the compounds which make you cry. The act of cutting the onion breaks open its cells and allows an enzyme to interact with amino acids resulting in Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide being produced in the air.
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TIL that in the late 19th Century, German immigrants were among the first to cultivate oranges in California and on the West Coast, forever transforming the agriculture and economy of that region of the United States.