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TIL that NYC smells bad because of a slapdash real-estate based city plan that omitted alleys

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ADDOo TIL that Sweet Tarts are just compressed Pixy Stix powder and pouring Pixy Stix into your water like Kool-Aid isn’t that strange. AND Fun-Dip is just Pixy Stix with a candy dip stick. Shouldn’t be this surprised. Just never really thought it but Wanka is a lot like Taco Bell.
XEaPj TIL that the "I" and "O" of a power switch are internationally-recognized symbols for "ON" and "OFF" because they are the binary symbols representing ON (1) and OFF (0), decided by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee)
xV7D1 TIL that lodestones (natural magnetic stones) are very probably made when a lightning strikes ferrite stones ; a scientist proved it by sending a small rocket containing this type of stone into a storm cloud and the stone returned magnetic
ZmLQ TIL North Koreans once attended a UN meeting with AK-47s underneath their jackets. Rather than confront them about it, American officers turned up the temperature in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes.
DQeWD TIL of William Rankin, a fighter pilot who survived trapped in a storm cloud after ejecting for 40 minutes.