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TIL- To prevent mistreatment, dogs in the military are always higher ranks than their handlers

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nelgW TIL a Chinese method of popcorn-making involves heating kernels in a large cast-iron canister that is then sealed with a heavy lid and turned over a fire rotisserie-style. When the canister is removed from the fire, the seal is released and, with a huge sonic boom, all the kernels explode at once.
pYBGQ TIL that the rock climbing community has an agreed-upon difficulty scale they use to classify climbing routes. The highest difficulty level, 9C, has only been awarded to one route, named Silence, in central Norway. It was successfully climbed for the first and only time to date in 2018.
rNE01 TIL that Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president, the longest-retired president, the first president to live forty years after their inauguration, and the first to reach the age of 95.
dmr9 TIL carrots used to be purple until they were bred orange.
YMx7 TIL that Joe Rogan confronted Carlos Mencia for stealing jokes, while Carlos was on stage.