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TIL The Military Industrial Complex Created Caning to Preserve Food - Napoleon Offered Prize for New Food Preparation to Support Russian Invasion

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E1dDw TIL dogs can lose sleep due to negative emotional responses or stimuli. Researchers found that dogs are less likely to toss and turn or sleep restlessly if they receive positive feedback before bedtime
ZPQR TIL that cranberry sauce cans are intentionally printed upside-down so that the can is stored with the side that you open facing downward, meaning that when you open the can the pressure will force the sauce out, creating that perfect “log” everyone has come to love
WkewL TIL that most of the world does not refrigerate their eggs.
NloM TIL daytime fireworks are made up of colored smoke so they can be seen during the day.
7rwaZ TIL In 2018, over 300 people drowned in Germany. The drownings have been linked to 'parents phone fixation.' In the past, parents spent more time with their children in the swimming pool. Increasingly, parents are fixated by phones and not paying attention to their children.