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TIL It’s impossible to burp in space.

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9wK76 TIL about Fucking Hell. is a German pale lager, a Pilsner. It is named after Fucking, the previous name of the village of Fugging in Austria; hell is the German word for 'pale' and a typical description of this kind of beer. The beer's name was initially controversial
kJ1y4 TIL that only 11 people have ever been born in Antarctica.
0d5aR TIL that the Kettle War of 1784 was a brief and bloodless conflict between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, sparked when a single cannon shot hit only a soup kettle on an Austrian ship. The Dutch captured the vessel, and the war ended almost immediately.
kkR5 TIL that after being rejected by 20 publishers, Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic Dune was finally picked up by Chilton Books. The publisher was previously known only for those big car repair manuals sold in auto parts stores.
QJ0aM TIL in Delaware a small building is the legal address for over 300,000 companies.