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TIL Living Alone in Italy to Cook Baked Potatoes

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vPGpr TIL that 1-2% of adults suffer from nocturnal enuresis or involuntary bed-wetting
mx9Do TIL that the US stores apples in a process called Controlled Atmosphere. These are storage rooms that control the temperature, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and humidity levels to put apples in hibernation which “puts them in suspended animation”. This is why we can have apples that taste good year round.
E15p7 TIL American's have to pay to use the beaches (only some)
kJZ8B TIL that since 1929 the ICRC has recognized only the Red Crescent as official alternatives to the Red Cross, rejecting any other symbols. The ICRC only recognized the Jewish Magen David Adom in 2006, on the condition that they use a neutral "Red Crystal" symbol instead of the Red Star Of David
5NQD TIL that the terms “hooker” and “sideburns” were popularized and invented respectively during the Civil War. General Joseph Hooker’s army was known to party and hire prostitutes, while General Ambrose Burnside’s facial hair spoke for itself