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TIL that red velvet cake is just chocolate cake with red food couloring

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QNP5e TIL broad-snouted caimans are able to gain nutrition from soy protein. American alligators have also been shown to be able to gain nutrition from soy protein.
p6x8 TIL The script for Being John Malkovich was written exclusively for John Malkovich (without his knowledge). New Line Cinema dropped the film after asking “Why the fuck can’t it be being Tom Cruise?” When John Malkovich first read the script he was “half intrigued and half horrified.”
ADO1o TIL that scientists have engineered micromotors powered by bacteria and controlled by light
5Y6QP TIL that Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey are the names of mice who orbited the Moon on Apollo 17
1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.