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TIL that frosting or icing on a cake isn't simply for decoration or flavor. It prevents the cake from drying out by sealing in the moisture.

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Na6M TIL that after a serial rapist in India was attacked by 200 women, only 5 of those women got arrested. Those 5 women then got released when every woman from their village stood up and took responsibility for the attack.
ne6Gr TIL that a breastfeeding mother can absorb some of the babies saliva through the breast duct. The mothers immune system analyses the saliva and adjusts the antibodies in the breast milk according to the babies needs.
78Pdx TIL A 'munchy box' is a popular take away food item in Scotland typically consisting of kebab meat, fried chicken, pizza, chicken tikka, samosas, onion rings, chow mein noodles, pakora, naan bread, garlic bread, coleslaw, other fast foods and sauces such as curry sauce.
b477 TIL AT&T almost caused nuclear war. In 1961, the US lost contact with its early warning systems. Assuming the USSR had attacked, bombers were scrambled but recalled when contact was made with an EWS base. The phone blackout was caused by a faulty AT&T switch they had promised to replace.
6rd7 TIL When an English police officer was stabbed he remarked “A scene from the film Hot Fuzz kept rolling through my mind. It was where policeman Simon Pegg gets stabbed and he says ‘It’s the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced.’- It literally is the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced.”