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TIL Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and Edgar Allan Poe all married their first cousin

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6mPm TIL that upscale steakhouses use dry-aged beef where the beef is hung on a rack to dry for several weeks. This process evaporates moisture in the muscles and promotes enzymatic breakdown of connective tissue which together yields very flavorful meat.
ep05J TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet, ten times larger than Earth, that may lie in the outer reaches of the solar system and would explain a peculiar cluster of trans-Neptunian objects.
78oDL TIL horses can grow mustaches
rRMno TIL the literal translation of “popcorn” into Persian is “Elephant’s Fart”
oPvL TIL The Vatican purchased enough carbon offsets for the enitre Papal city in 2007. To this day, the promised planting of a “Vatican forest” has not happened.