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TIL the phrase “balls to the wall” has nothing to do with genitalia, but actually originally refers to a mechanism found in steam engines.

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JLX4 TIL Bread become sweeter the longer you chew as your saliva starts to break down starch into sugars.
pJ7p TIL “the annual savings on enforcement and incarceration costs from the legalization of drugs would amount to roughly $41.3 billion, with $25.7 billion being saved among the states and over $15.6 billion accrued for the federal government.”
gMj19 TIL the men's marathon is typically the only event in the Olympics where the medals are given as part of the closing ceremony rather than in an awards ceremony for the event. This is because the men's marathon is typically the last event in the Olympics.
Bj8b TIL The rules of golf once provided that if your ball hit your opponent, he would lose the hole.
nkxr TIL that Krusty the Clown was originally supposed to be revealed as being Homer Simpson’s secret identity but the writers thought the idea was too complex.