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TIL that meringues become sticky because the sugar absorbs moisture from the air

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MybV TIL that there is 10 gallons of oil in every tire & roughly 2% of the United State’s annual oil consumption is discarded tires.
4XKnb TIL When casting the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film 'Iron Man', Marvel did not want Robert Downey Jr cast as the title character. The film's director 'would not take no for an answer' as he knew the character lined up perfectly with RDJ's life.
1aPJO TIL the earliest clear Western reference to pasta is in the Jerusalem Talmud, written around the 5th century
4X1Xw TIL of Project Pigeon, in which American behaviorist B.F. Skinner attempted to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb during World War II.
8agDZ TIL that Dr. Bronner, of the "all-one" Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, fled to the United States in 1929 and urged his parents to come with him. The last he heard from them was "You were right," before they were killed in the Holocaust.