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TIL that the English language doesn’t have any official authority or academy

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EgJl7 TIL: weight gain happens because fat cells become larger in both size and number, while weight loss only reduces the size of fat cells, so you end up with a larger number of fat cells than before.
xVyo0 TIL Scallops have anywhere from 50-200 eyes.
nWJ8B TIL Max Planck's professor advised him not to pursue Physics as he believed that almost everything had been already discovered. In spite of the warning, he proceeded to establish quantum theory and obtained a Nobel Prize for his accomplishments.
69dQ7 TIL Luffas grow on a vine on land! Not in the sea like I thought. It’s also edible before it gets to the scrubby spongy stage. TY to the little luffa farm in SLO. Side note it looks like a big cucumber at first.
YpJmd TIL About Greek Fire. An incendiary weapon developed by the Byzantines in the 7th century, it was deployed on ships, and in handheld tubes, operating similar to a flamethrower. Water didn’t extinguish it. Its precise chemical composition is still unknown.