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TIL Soda stored in plastic bottles loses 1.5% to 2% of its carbonation per week due to permeation of carbon dioxide through polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

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grDwD TIL that during the Industrial Revolution, “knocker-uppers” were employed to wake people up for work by tapping on their windows with long sticks or pea shooters, serving as human alarm clocks before the invention became widespread.
rRPn0 TIL that citrus trees are almost always grafted and need to have their "suckers" removed if they're growing from the original rootstock (below the grafting point). Letting them grow could overtake the "scion" variety meant to produce the edible fruit. The rootstock fruit is usually watery and bland
yVdWa TIL that the US Air Force jettisoned a nuclear bomb over Quebec in 1950 due to engine trouble in the B-50 bomber. Luckily, the plutonium core was not installed at the time. The USAF covered up the nuclear incident until the 1980s.
0wJgv TIL that in East Asia, 80-90% of children are myopic (nearsighted) and require glasses. Scientists theorize that their eyes aren't developing properly because eyes require exposure to natural sunlight to develop, and the kids spend all their time indoors, studying.
aN7M TIL J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man trilogy) is the voice of the yellow m&m.