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

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yQ1Ja TIL about the "Well to Hell" hoax. The hoax suggested a wealthy Russian man drilled a hole many miles deep into the Earth eventually finding a cavern, and with heat resistant equipment, recorded the screams of the damned. The hoax travelled the globe.
ADoAx TIL in terms of being considered "beautiful" by others, research has found facial attractiveness is a lot more important than body shape.
5kBD TIL Fred Willard is the first (and so far, only) actor to appear as a live-action character in a Pixar movie. He plays Shelby Forthright, CEO of Buy and Large, in an archive video shown in the movie “WALL-E”.
OoXLY TIL Former baseball player Lenny Dykstra claimed he blackmailed umps to get better calls
ne5Qd TIL in dry heat fans can make you hotter