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TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates

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WDw9 TIL that when German engineers were developing the MP3 file format, they used Suzanne Vega’s a capella song “Tom’s Diner” to test their creation, checking for loss of fidelity. She is now unofficially known as the “Mother of The MP3”
e0QnD TIL that in Japan, you give gifts with both hands and you receive gifts with both hands
QJo9a TIL Kirk means "church" in Scottish
mxw5v TIL A frog in Ecuador has the ability to shape-shift and change skin textures in minutes
Mgp8 TIL that older bigger trees share nutrients with smaller trees, which later repay them back when they have developed.