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TIL Carl Sagan was one of Bill Nye’s professors at Cornell University.

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Lk5mZ TIL Mathew Perry (Chandler from Friends) is a fan of the Fallout video game series. On a 2009 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, he gave DeGeneres a copy of Fallout 3. This prompted game studio Bethesda to cast him in the next installment of the series, Fallout: New Vegas.
dDeeE TIL that while mature soybeans are normally too bitter and tough to eat without being processed/fermented into different soy products. Immature soybeans are much more tender and palatable, and you've might not realize you've actually eaten them before- they are also known as Edamame!
4XeJa TIL a former Michelin Guide inspector said an inspector's life is lonely, underpaid drudgery, driving around France for weeks on end, dining alone, under intense pressure to file detailed reports on strict deadlines, the guide had become lax in its standards, & some famous chefs are "untouchables".
AD1Yw TIL of involuntary parks, areas rendered unsuitable for human habitance (by acts of mankind) that have since returned to its original, wild state as a result, like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for example.
xyPD TIL the average bust size among North American women has increased from 34B in 1983 to a 34DD in 2013.