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xv4w TIL that certain medals at the 2014 winter Olympics will contain fragments of the meteorite which hit Russia.
QJ6Y6 TIL Future unintentionally invented mumble rap in 2011 after he was too "high" to open his mouth while recording
J1gLl TIL that the term “kid gloves” comes from the soft leather of young goats typically being used for gloves.
yQgbp TIL the hottest hot sauce in the world is “mad dog 357”, it clocks in at 9 million on the scoville hotness unit scale. For comparison, pepper spray clocks in at around 5.3 million scovilles. Oh and it comes in solid form and literally needs to be heated to 140°F to be even used
1ekO TIL that the creators of UNIX came up with the name as a pun implying the word “Eunuchs”, as it was to be an emasculated version of the MULTICS operating system.