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TIL The yellow crystals that sometimes form after you deal with a zit/pimple are called Exudate. They are a mix of mostly proteins, white blood cells, and fribrin.

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X0LGE TIL of a drug that was developed by Nazi Germany in 1944 called D-IX. Intended for military use as an overall performance enhancer, its ingredients consisted of only methamphetamine, cocaine and oxycodone. D-IX never went into production as the war ended.
awQBN TIL in terms of long distance running, there is no animal that can outrun a human
RLM7 TIL when you look in the sky and see dots and swirls, it’s not a illusion. It is actually the shadows of white blood cells reflecting off of your retina.
Wn9N TIL there’s a country club on the US-Canada border that allows people to cross into Canada without going through customs. Founded in 1929, it allowed Americans to bypass Prohibition
nEgG TIL Abercrombie & Fitch offered Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino a “substantial” amount of money to NOT wear their clothes, saying it would “Cause significant damage to [their] image”