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TIL its possible to scramble an egg while its still in the shell, thus creating a golden egg!

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GAKy1 TIL that Stephen King decided on the location for the Shining, by opening an atlas and randomly pointing at a location, which happened to be Boulder, Colorado.
VXyk TIL many phrases in English come from literal translations of Chinese phrases, such as “long time no see”, “no go”, “lose face” and “no can do”
loMxG TIL It is estimated that 70% of a feral hog population must be harvested every year to continue reducing the population size
Wdk8 TIL Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen share the distinction of being the only actors to have been killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator.
ANl5o TIL about Cao Dai, a religion that combined the European spiritualist movement of the early twentieth century with indigenous Vietnamese beliefs, as well as details from other older religions. There are over 4 million members, but prosecution after the Vietnam War drove many into a global diaspora.