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TIL Loofahs sponges are dried out fibres from a plant related to a squash

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rNmGx TIL Geologists were able to determine the origin of the 9,300+ Japanese Incendiary bomb balloons launched against the US during WWII by analyzing the sand used in the ballast of the balloons
p8ZGe TIL that the Coca-Cola company chooses not to patent its secret formula, because then they would have to disclose it to the public.
xVvdk TIL a study showed that 62% of Japanese people said they would eat an onigiri (rice ball) made by someone they know, only 30% said they would eat the onigiri crafted by an unfamiliar or unknown hand. This is attributed to the legacy of 16th century ninja poison rice ball assassinations.
9wy46 TIL that in the late 1800s vulcanite was used to make dentures and that Goodyear used a questionable patent to go after dentist. This stopped when a dentist murdered the financial director responsible.
YpxWP TIL that Sir Christopher Lee(who played Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings") read the trilogy every year from the year it was published to his death in 2015. He was also the only member of the cast and crew ever to have met J.R.R Tolkien himself.