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TIL that the Iron Chefs know the secret ingredient in advance, and cook all of their food twice - first for the cameras and then again so its still tasty when they get around to judging.

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nNKG TIL that one of the first albums to have a parental advisory sticker was Frank Zappa’s ‘Jazz From Hell’ in 1986. The album is completely instrumental.
VMGe4 TIL "the cone of shame" for pets is technically called an "elizabethan collar"
d9D7 TIL that many laundry detergents use chemical trickery to make clothes appear whiter. They contain agents called optical brighteners that glow blue under florescent and incandescent light, making clothes appear whiter than they actually are. Incidentally, this trick does not work under LED lights.
e0O6L TIL that in Cuba condoms are considered a multipurpose tool, used for fishing, hair dressing and wine making, among other things
6EVoW TIL the Royal Navy admitted their ships would be empty if they discharged "all the men with homosexual experience". Investigations in the 1960s reveal hundreds of British naval officers were sexually involved with other men, so for national security, discreet homosexuality was mostly ignored.