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TIL about the Wolfowitz Doctrine

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QNr1d TIL British fish and chip shops ('chippies') famously include a vinegar topping option with their fries. Oddly, the 'vinegar' sold in nearly every chippy in the UK has no actual vinegar in it. Its a mix of water, ethanoic acid and food colourings and flavourings. Many Brits are unaware of this fact.
Br7Qx TIL David Bowie's eyes weren't of different colours. He suffered from anisocoria, which means that the iris can’t react to light in the same way as its fellow, so the area appears to be darker. So, what appeared to be different coloured eyes, was just that one pupil was bigger than the other.
p8jnQ TIL Peruvian chicken (Pollo a la Brasa) was created by a pair of Swiss men living in Peru in the 1950s
16BVr TIL those who have their window rolled down have the best survival odds in the event of a bridge over water collapsing
LkLk0 TIL the reason two horizontal lines are used for the Equals sign is because, in the words of the inventor, “no 2 things can be more equal”