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TIL a radio show in the UK called The Archers has been on the air since 1951, making it the longest-running radio soap opera ever

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J1pwj TIL Keanu Reeves has a group of fungicidal compounds named after him, because the scientists who isolated the compound group described their deadliness toward mold as being comparable to the deadliness of Reeves' movie roles.
7ELX TIL wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria and parasites in the fish. Now with better sanitary conditions it’s not needed and eaten just out of habit
ne5Qd TIL in dry heat fans can make you hotter
8JJV TIL that a neutron star is so dense that if an object was dropped from one meter above the star’s surface, it would hit the surface at a speed of 7.2 million km per hour
7rLNO TIL that there are "Neomexicanos" of New Mexico that identify themselves as Spanish/Europeans in America since they are derived from Spanish settlers that arrived in New Mexico before the 16th century