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TIL chicken noodle soup has actual healing properties. After consuming, white blood cells behave differently and create an anti-inflammatory response that can help with upper respiratory issues (ie: the common cold)

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loydB TIL that a moment is a medieval metric of time and is 90 seconds long
KRDQ TIL Snuffeupagus became a real character (instead of Big Bird’s imaginary friend) because of a string of high profile child sexual abuse cases. The writers didn’t want children to be afraid of telling their parents about being abused because of the fear of not being believed.
Vxnm TIL The Eagles’ “Hotel California” was written to be a Twilight Zone styled metaphor for L.A. and Beverly Hills and their strange inhabitants. The steely knives were a reference to Steely Dan, who inspired the band to be bold with their lyrics.
nYO9 TIL the world’s fastest camera records at 4.4trillion frames per second at a resolution of 450x450 and is capable of recording individual photons.
AxRo TIL Richard Nixon said in August 1970 about same-sex marriage: “I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!”