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TIL About Jamie Minor - The young woman who died alone trapped in an air duct over a steakhouse in downtown Austin, Texas

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LMj0 TIL that Quintessential, meaning “the most perfect example of” comes from the latin “quinta” & “essentia” which is literally…The Fifth Element.
bPkN TIL Scientists at Oregon State University have developed an algae the tastes “just like bacon” when fried and has nearly twice the nutritional value as kale
Yp7kW TIL that bars in Philadelphia used to have "piss troughs" at the base so that gentlemen could micturate without needing to get off of the barstool.
B6XL TIL WebMD ran a test for depression where no matter which of the 10 answers you choose on the test, the result comes out the same: You may be at risk for major depression.
oeNr TIL the United States has the worst child abuse record in the industrialized world. Four times more Americans are killed by their parents than as soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.