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TIL that Soos from Gravity Falls can read Japanese.

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pY49p TIL - Chinese Restaurant Syndrome actually originated from a letter by a Chinese physician named Kwok that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968, describing certain symptoms he had experienced after eating Chinese food.
GYGO7 TIL that since 2015 the International Space Station has a custom made Zero-G Espresso machine jointly developed by Lavazza and the Italian Space Agency. It's called the "ISSpresso" and produces Espresso in pouches which can then be consumed with a special Zero-G espresso cup.
lonrK TIL a farmer hid the construction and existence of a 4-bedroom castle under a huge pile of hay bales for 6 years. When he thought he’d outlasted the statute of limitations, he unveiled it to the public, the city council found out, and immediately ordered its destruction.
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