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TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips but a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and some potato flakes

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Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
8abgZ TIL that all of the actors who played the Doctor in the 1999 Doctor Who parody special "The Curse of Fatal Death" had all been considered for the role of the Doctor at some point during the main series.
e0xYk TIL that Readjuster Party, led by two former Confederate officers in post-Civil-War Virginia, abolished the poll tax, abolished the public whipping post, funded public schools for African Americans, hired African Americans as teachers, and founded the historically black Virginia State University.
BZvK TIL a woman in 3rd class on The Titanic was more likely to survive than a man in 1st class.
neA7 TIL there are truly silent firearms: Russian cartridge design locks propellant gases inside the case. (X-post from r/guns)