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TIL "Second Breakfast" is not just a LOTR meme, and is in fact tradition in many countries

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e05M6 TIL that by shaking ketchup, you're actually making it thinner & easier to squeeze, instead of just moving it towards the cap. It's a non-Newtonian fluid & changes properties the more energy you give it! (That's often why more ends up on your plate than you planned)
5dkD TIL A partially paralyzed 75-year-old, was in his outhouse pit when the floor of it suddenly gave way. He fell through and was surrounded with excrement, urine, snakes, spiders, maggots and rats. He became stuck and it was over 3 days before the mailman found him.
l78MV TIL of Mario Salcedo who, with a few exceptions, has been living permanently on Royal Carribbean cruise ships for over 20 years
5V90R TIL the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park are so acidic that they can dissolve a human body within a matter of hours
D14er TIL Titanic's engines burned 600 tons of coal per day. 176 men worked around the clock to shovel it in by hand. 100 tons of ash was also ejected into the sea each day.