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TIL Saccharin(sweetener in Sweet'n Low) is derived from coal tar

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ByXD TIL: When you drop molten glass into water it creates a tadpole design. The bulbous head is resistant to hammer blows, but minor damage to the tail cause it to explode.
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MeZja TIL: In 2006 a lost Christian gospel was translated and read for the first time in over 1500 years. In The Gospel of Judas, Jesus says the Abrahamic God is an evil lesser God named Saklas that created humanity, but that there is a higher God named Barbelo that he is the Son of.
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