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TIL that License to Kill (a James Bond film) was originally titled License Revoked; the name was changed as too many people didn’t know the definition of ‘revoked’.

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YpxoZ TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve- much like the US has a strategic reserve of gasoline
D19bV TIL picking your nose and eating boogers is apparently good for you???
yQOXe TIL modern studies do not show any association between saturated fat and higher risk of death for any reason (cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) but they do show up to a 34% increase in death associated with unsaturated industrial plant oil-based fats such as margarine
bJEa TIL Bacteria can absorb genetic material from dead bacteria and integrate them into their own genome. So if a bacterium eats the corpse of one which has adapted to colder temperatures, it will gain that resistance to cold as well.
OoZJR TIL the inventor of the Nerf football is the all-time leading scorer for the Minnesota Vikings