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TIL that black and white film can be developed using instant coffee and sodium carbonate, a process called “Caffenol”, instead of utilizing traditional developing chemicals.

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loAX1 TIL that Filipino churches built during Spain's colonial period used millions of egg whites in the concrete to make it more durable. This is also why Filipino desserts often use lots of egg yolks- many were developed to use up all the extra yolks from construction projects.
WkRKX TIL Walt Disney had a neat little private apartment above the fire house off the Town Square in Disneyland complete with with a 2nd floor terrace. Even today there is always a lamp burning in the window above the old firehouse
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Amw4 TIL scientists found a tomato plant on a 40 year old volcanic island. They were dumbfounded as to how it got there. It turned out that it grew from the poop that a scientist had taken on the island.
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