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TIL microwaving a grape will make plasma

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oB9KE TIL that Oxford University tradition is that all students wear a carnation as well as academic dress to their exams. The colour of the carnation is white for the first exam, red for the last and pink for each one in between.
6EWxZ TIL that Paul Lieberstein, AKA Toby from The Office, was a writer for the first five seasons of King of the Hill.
vZk8 TIL that when Caesar first set foot on Africa, he tripped over, but saved himself from embarrassment by shouting, “Africa, I have tight hold of you!”
WvYY TIL that the butt on the album cover of Get Lucky by Loverboy belongs to the 13 year old daughter of the photographer.