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TIL that NASA investigates giraffe blood system to improve suit for astronauts.

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Y7av7 TIL of Portable Soup, also known as pocket soup or veal glue. A precursor of meat extract, bouillon cubes, and of industrially dehydrated and instant food, it is essentially a partially dehydrated broth and a solid counterpart of meat glaze.
D1QnD TIL of a business management style where the manager wanders around in an unstructured manner, through the workplace, at random, to check with employees, equipment, or on the status of ongoing work. It's officially called "Management by Wandering Around"
pKeG TIL Several scientific studies have concluded that money does indeed buy happiness
epwvb TIL the Native American Single Tear actor was actually Sicilian, not Native American
JYwNV TIL in one variation of the Milgram experiment, subjects were directed to shock a "cute, fluffy puppy" instead of a human. Only half of the male subjects, and all of the female subjects obeyed the orders.