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TIL Soy sauce contains alcohol. Kikkoman Soy Sauce, for example, is now banned in the UAE as it contains alcohol.

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7jR7 TIL In 1713, Venetian Baroque composer Giuseppe Tartini had the devil come to him in a dream where he played the violin with such virtuosity that the composer felt enchanted. Upon awakening, Tartini in an attempt to recreate what he had heard composed his greatest piece, which to him didn’t compare.
DQYdr TIL you are four times more likely to survive a heart attack inside a hospital.
alDL TIL Hollywood uses a measurement called Q scores to determine the likability of celebrities. The highest ranking celebrities include Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman with 48 points, while Kim Kardashian was determined to have to lowest Q score with -71.
67dm TIL that when a whale dies and its carcass falls into the Bathyal or Abyssal zone of the ocean floor, it can sustain a complex localized ecosystem of deep-sea organisms for decades. This is called a “whale fall”.
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