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TIL Lemons float, but limes sink

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kB8W TIL Coke once tried hidden “MagiCans” that had spring-loaded prizes instead of soda. They failed when technical glitches led consumers to accidentally drink the chlorinated water used to make them feel real.
vPapR TIL that gas powered impact wrenches exist, used on the railroad for the assembly/disassembly of rail lines.
Gyl4 TIL a young man took Shrooms went on the Price is Right, told Drew Carey he was a Skateboarding Rabbi and won a Diamond Ring!
LkxVP TIL of the ancient law of General Average. If a ship carrying cargo is required to jettison some of its load to save the rest, the loss of the cargo is to be shared proportionally among interest holders. First written in law in 800BC, it continues to be declared in present-day maritime emergencies.
wo4mP TIL that in Japan during the Edo period, the gonin-gumi system held groups of five households collectively responsible for each other's crimes, so people were punished for things their neighbors did.