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TIL: rub some baking soda on tough meat to tenderize it
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TIL the reason flamingos stand on one leg is to preserve body heat (water can rapidly draw away heat). In hotter weather, they tend to stand on two legs.
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TIL that by 2017 smartphone manufacturers, including Apple and Nokia, will have to switch to microUSB in order to comply with an EU ruling.
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TIL Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She spent almost three days in space and is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission
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TIL Soap operas got their name due to being dramas sponsored by soap companies
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TIL in Super Mario 64 a Shepherd Tone (a noise composed of sine waves that gives the illusion of constantly ascending or descending in pitch) was used in the soundtrack for the ‘endless staircase’ “to provide an unsettling feeling”