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TIL that “ruby” chocolate is the fourth chocolate type and the first new chocolate type in 80 years. It is pink due to the color of the cocoa beans used to make it. It was unveiled by Swiss-Belgian cocoa company Barry-Callebaut in September 2017, and had been in development since 2004.

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VMoXk TIL that Some of Moscow’s stray dogs have figured out how to use the city’s immense and complex subway system, getting on and off at their regular stops. In the morning they travel into city to scavenge for food and catch the train back home in the evening.
VBMPZ TIL about Jane Kendeigh. She was a US Navy Flight Nurse, a specialist trained in aeromedical evacuation, survival, and evacuating patients from downed aircraft. She was the first nurse to land in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
g5dW TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants
kOyOW TIL that Americans spend around $72B in lottery tickets every year, with the chances of winning being less likely than getting attacked by a shark, being killed by a vending machine, being elected president, being struck by lightning, coming down with the plague, or being killed by a falling coconut
P1Maw TIL In 1942, German submarines sunk a British passenger ship. They surfaced to collect survivors, announced their presence to the allies and sailed under a Red Cross flag. The U-Boats were attacked by allied planes, forcing the submarine to throw all the survivors back into the sea and crash dive.