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TIL Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it shrinks by almost 50 percent.

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Ypexv TIL John Edward H. Rulloff has the second largest brain ever recorded. He was a doctor, lawyer, photographer, inventor, school master, philologist, phrenologist, and carpet designer. He was also a serial killer. In jail he wrote a book on the evolution of language and was allowed to teach students.
Lk9vd TIL about Hungarian Name Days. In the calendar, they have first names attached to every day of the year (for example, Anna is July 26th), and you celebrate with flowers and cake. It’s like a second birthday but because everybody knows your name, you get even more fanfare.
gMoRy TIL that in 1997, CircuitCity developed DIVX, an alternative to DVDs, that could only be viewed for 48 hours before paying addition cost to continue viewing using phone lines to detect whether disc were still valid, it was estimated to be a $337 million dollar loss
JkYQ TIL That a baby hedgehog is called a ‘Hoglet’.
oKyL TIL employers in South Korea give their workers a “kimchi bonus” in the fall so they can buy all the ingredients to make their annual supply.