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TIL helium is the only element that was discovered outside of earth before being found on our planet. Also, when cooled past its lambda point, it becomes a superfluid without viscosity.

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X0EZE TIL that McDonald’s created a type of broccoli that tasted like bubblegum, in a failed attempt to provide a healthier happy meal. It was reported to taste “confusing”
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XDn8 TIL of Michael Cameron, a student of Greenbrier High School (in 1998) who was suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke day.
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