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TIL that the terms “left wing” and “right wing” date back to the French Revolution in 1789

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OGDBg TIL that the film Some Like It Hot was made while the Hays Code was still operating and the film was one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
v1y7j TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood which has the ability to respond to bacteria in a way like no other creature on Earth.
oBwj7 Catching COVID-19 from a dead body is possible, but there’s no proof it’s happened yet.
N7gd6 TIL chilli peppers are used to make paint for ships to prevent barnacles from settling on them. This is a better alternative than toxic paint and is used because barnacles can make a ship use up to 30% more fuel.
YpeRW TIL Not all wines are vegan or even vegetarian-friendly because of how the wine is clarified and a process called 'fining'. ... Traditionally the most commonly used fining agents were casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder).