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TIL of ISO 3103, the international standard for brewing a cup of tea

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KYM8E TIL Human's are destroying the beauty of ecosystem.
gM6bL TIL that flies avoid getting swatted the same way Keanu Reaves dodges bullets in The Matrix: by watching time pass slowly. "Animals smaller than us see the world in slo-mo. It seems to be almost a fact of life."
R9j4 TIL after Nintendo won their 1985 case against Universal Studios over their game Donkey Kong, they thanked their attorney with a $30,000 sailboat named Donkey Kong and “exclusive worldwide rights to use the name for sailboats”.
nWVZr TIL The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest active Stanley Cup winning streak
MexY0 TIL the dog breed, Leonberger were used a lot in both World Wars in and around Germany. So many of the dogs were abandoned or killed in action due to invasions that every currently living Leonberger can be traced back to only 8 that remained from WWII.