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TIL factories use radioisotopic gauges to measure the amount of air that is whipped into ice cream and how much soda is poured into a bottle.

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J5yk TIL in 1962 Pres. Kennedy invited 49 Nobel Laureates for dinner at the White House. Kennedy remarked, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
VBVJp TIL that there is a disease that is called “Maple Syrup Urine Disease”
nePeY TIL Whales migrate the farthest of any mammal on Earth, and may do so to hunt in the cold waters during summer and shed layers of skin and accumulated microorganisms in the tropical water during winter.
LQNmV TIL that some countries imposed a Beard Tax and a token was required to be carried in public to show that it had been paid.
e0176 TIL that the Mongolian national baseball team has yet to play a full nine inning game because of the application of the mercy rule