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TIL that the hole in the middle of a spaghetti spoon is for measuring out one serving of dry spaghetti

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XEy1X TIL that Cuban ballet dancers are arguably the country’s most esteemed export, they often earn more money than doctors, and they perform locally to the type of cheering crowd that in the USA would be reserved for pop stars
0wXEN TIL that the North Pole is not a land mass, but rather a body of water that is almost permanently covered in a 2-3m thick ice sheet.
6bwW TIL: That due to the reduced gravity on the moon humans could walk on water.
nWVd9 TIL Kauai is the only Hawai'i island not supplied by Hawaiian Electric Company. Instead, the consumer-owned Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) manages that island’s electricity. Kauai currently runs on over 60% renewable sources and on track to be running on 80% renewables by 2030.
v1eX7 A new print-in-place technique for electronics is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin, researchers report. The advance could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos, and bandages tricked out with patient-specific biosensors.