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TIL the Code Shows in the 'Matrix' Movie is a Sushi Recipe the Production Designer Scanned from a Japanese Cookbook

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neLO9 TIL the heaviest American-produced car is the 1967 Lincoln Continental convertible, weighing 5,712 lb. The oil crisis of the 1970s resulted in the downsizing of American vehicles, and the Continental maintains the record to this day.
b6640 TIL when you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
LknmZ TIL the average human gut naturally produces 3 grams of alcohol a day through fermentation. Over the course of a year this is the equivalent alcohol of about 2 full bottles of whiskey.
AD17n TIL that Kartik Naach is a dance musical play that is performed every month of Kartik (October or November) in Nepal.
kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.