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TIL people who cook from printed recipes are less likely to have a high BMI than those who get recipes from cooking shows or social media

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xKx7 TIL a man in China bought a first class ticket on China Eastern Airlines, went to the airport every day for almost a year, ate food for free at their lounge, changed his ticket for the next day after eating about 300 times, then cancelled his ticket for a full refund before validity expired.
EKQV TIL The band “The Who” were banned for life from all Holiday Inns when Keith Moon started a food fight with a 5-tier cake, once the police arrived he stripped to his underwear, jumped into his car, drove it through a fence and left it in the bottom of the Flint Holiday Inn pool.
5YOgD TIL common baking soda will dry Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate) almost instantly and harden it so much that it can be used to repair chips in helicopter blades.
prP4 TIL a 62-foot Jesus statue built by a megachurch was struck by lightning and subsequently burned.
J0Yj TIL that sand is a finite resource and we are running out.