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TIL That Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

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E10bo TIL that pizza boxes are only recycleable if the grease and oil stained portions are removed; otherwise, the oily contaminants ruin the entire batch of paper fibers.
nW6LG TIL the Swiss Cheese Model is a form of risk analysis that proposes some errors are caused by flaws in multiple systems aligning, like the holes in different slices of Swiss cheese.
8e6OG TIL the largest newborn ever recorded was "Babe", a 22-lb and 28-inch boy born in Seville, OH on Jan. 19, 1879. Sadly he only lived 11 hours. His parents, Anna Haining Bates and Martin Van Buren Bates, were both almost 8 feet tall.
e0MkJ TIL that the concept of a "rap battle" has existed since the 5th century CE. "Flyting", was a spoken word event where poets would trade insults back and forth in poetic verse.
gX1W TIL that the Georgia Aquarium offers adult only sleepovers so you can literally sleep with the fishes