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TIL that the belief that "lactic acid" causes muscular "burn" while exercising is FALSE. It's actually "the breakdown of ATP for energy creates the release of hydrogen ions in the bloodstream" that causes the burn.

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VZWQ TIL that some movie sword replicas are built into the iron throne in Game of Thrones, for example Gandalfs Sword Glamdring.
oB0nA TIL of the cyber sitcom starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry to accompany the Windows 95 launch
oO98 TIL since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with roundabouts. Benefits include gas savings of 24k gallons/year per roundabout; construction costs $125,000 less per intersection; injury accidents dropped by 80 percent and total accidents dropped by 40 percent.
WkvEo TIL that Dave Thomas, the founder of the successful fast food chain, Wendy’s, worked at KFC prior to Wendy’s and was responsible for the red and white striped chicken bucket design.
M7Vam TIL - There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.