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TIL The reason airline food tastes "bad" to many people is that conditions on an airplane, including low air pressure, dry air, and background noise, affect one's senses of smell and taste.

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R571Q TIL that Gift cards from Big Companies expire because of the accounting problem. Companies like Amazon, use accrual accounting. They enter the value of the Gift cards that are sold as Liabilities, specifically "Prepaid-Sales" Liability which affects their Revenue. Hence they have "Service Charge".
d8DJK TIL about a shipping container that was filled with rubber duckies who got lost at sea in 1992. The bath toys are still washing ashore today at many different locations such as Australia, Scotland and even Alaska.
lov85 TIL Ryan Reynolds’ Van Wilder is based off the real life college partying days of comedian Bert Kreischer
9w6GX TIL That spotting a “Masked Hunter” bug is almost always a sign that you have bedbugs!
b9N79 TIL that Déjà rêvé is the feeling of having already dreamed something that you are now experiencing.