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TIL the sun is actually white

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jonp TIL that women have historically been barred from cooking sushi due to a superstition that their hands are too warm.
7rokL TIL Keanu Reeves was initially offered Val Kilmer's role in the 1995 film Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in a 789 seat theatre in Manitoba.
01gN TIL Coca-Cola still uses coca leaves in its signature syrup, and there is only one factory in the US with the unique DEA license required to remove the cocaine.
1aRQ7 TIL researchers discovered bacteria that naturally evolved to eat away at polyethylene terephthalate, the plastic known as PET or polyester. While studying the structure of an enzyme found in that bacteria, they accidentally created a “mutant enzyme” that can break down plastic within a few days
VMRZQ TIL after Warner Bros. execs suggested adding a third character to "Pinky And The Brain," writers responded to the unwanted input with the episode "Pinky & The Brain And...Larry" which featured a third, superfluous mouse named Larry that added nothing to the plot but repeatedly saying "I'm Larry"