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TIL that experiment participants invited to eat soup ate 73% more soup if (unknown to them) their bowl was attached to a pump and vat of soup that refilled their bowl as they ate.

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d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.
j6oja TIL about Storm oil, which sailors used to pour on troubled waters.
kNx4 TIL there’s a hidden room behind Lincoln’s hairline at Mount Rushmore. The artist wanted it to be his own special signature on the monument, a room where visitors could learn about American history and a place to display busts of famous Americans and key documents like the Constitution.
69w8Z TIL the electronic ankle monitor was inspired by a 1977 Spider-Man comic strip where the villain Kingpin used a similar tracking device on the hero.
d8yJr TIL Due to their size, the Nintendo Switch Game Cards are coated with denatonium benzoate, a non-toxic, bitter-tasting agent, as a safety precaution against accidental consumption by young children.