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TIL the louder your environment, the less flavor and texture your food has

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4keWN TIL While the Confederacy used the strongest cipher available during the Civil War, the Vigenère cipher, the Union consistently cracked it. This was because the Confederates only ever used three key phrases: "Manchester Bluff", "Complete Victory" and, as the war came to a close, "Come Retribution".
W79r4 TIL the first Indian Scientist (Subhash Mukhopadhyay) to create a IVF child (durga) in 1978 (67 days after the 1st baby in UK) comitted suicide after being harasssed and discredited by the state and central government of India and even prevented from sharing his success globally.
o4rL TIL that if you are pregnant and 35 or older it is called a “geriatric pregnancy”
DRYv TIL That Cal Ripken’s brother Billy wrote F*ck Face on the bottom of his bat for his rookie card.
5Y568 TIL the Ku Klux Klan has held demonstrations at Dolly Parton’s theme park because of her annual Gay Day