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TIL Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.

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rNNj0 TIL caffeine makes the pituitary gland tell the SNS to release epinephrine in the body which tricks the body into thinking it’s in a state of emergency.
kOxP1 TIL That the woman in the famous Alfred Hitchcock shower scene was Jamie Lee Curtis’ mother
XEgmE TIL Aetheraed's epithet (The Unready) does not derive from the modern word , but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
M7Ll7 TIL that Syrtaki, the folk dance most commonly associated with Greece was originally choreographed for a 1964 film
VMGLQ TIL about the aranmula kannadi, a valuable mirror that reflects with zero distortion. It is thus said to be the truest mirror in the world.