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TIL that the rotating tray commonly found in Chinese restaurants are called "Lazy Susans" and they are an American invention.

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LAJP TIL that more than four billion years ago Earth was hit by several objects larger than 600 miles that could vaporize the oceans and sterilize the surface yet bacterial life survived deep underground and each time recolonized the planet.