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TIL Water is at its most dense at 4 degrees Celsius

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LQrkP TIL plants convert glucose into starch because starch takes up less space and because glucose is osmotically active (similar to salt), while starch is not
v1dZ8 TIL that in 1832 the US Bank thwarted the government’s plan to pay off the public debt by illegally authorizing European bankers to purchase it, leading Andrew Jackson to fear that “a new era may arise in which the capitalist abroad may have an influence over the destinies of this country.”
yVLgV TIL there hasn't been a Major League Baseball player who regularly played catcher left-handed since Jack Clements, who played from 1884 to 1900. Clements was also the first catcher to wear a chest protector.
bO7Z TIL that Rajiv Surendra, the rapping mathlete from Mean Girls, is now an incredibly sought-after calligrapher
M6wB TIL from 1948 to 1949 Allied Planes made over 278,000 flights and brought 2.8 million tons of aid to West Berliners