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TIL that high fructose corn syrup and sucrose (table sugar) have similar ratios of fructose and glucose: 55:42 and 50:50 respectively.

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8ebKK TIL that when Dan Shechtman discovered quasiperiodic crystals in 1982, he got mocked and shamed. Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling spoke of the discovery, saying "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." In 2011 Shechtman won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery.
awLn9 TIL That some species of anemone can swim to escape predators.
ADkE4 TIL that the largest known star in existence UY Scuti, is so big, that if it swapped positions with our sun, it would easily engulf the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter.
5Y7xk TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia
Vm0m TIL There is a subset of Catholicism, recognised vatican called Eastern Catholicism who instead of taking the Latin rite take the Eastern Rite or Byzantine rite which among many differences allows their priests to marry.