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TIL- NERF stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam

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lQ9K TIL that in the business environment, you’re supposed to sign with blue ink and not black because the blue ink represents the “original” document, when black ink represents the “copy.”
R7kB1 TIL Aretha Franklin's voice was designated a natural resource by the State of Michigan in 1985
b98g4 TIL the Japanese Fire-bellied Newts are able to regenerate body parts including the limbs, the tail and spinal cord, parts of the eye (such as the retina and the lens), the brain, the heart and the jaws.
0wm9L TIL carrots are orange because of the dutch who used it to honor their leader in the battle for independence
5YjLk TIL that precious metals like gold can be artificially created in particle accelerators. Basically lighter atoms are bombarded with neutrons and electrons making them turn into heavier atoms which then decay into the desired metal. Unfortunately, the process is extremely expensive.