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TIL In 1995 a 6 year old Tibetan boy was named the eleventh Panchen Lama, detained by the People’s Republic of China, and never seen again.

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X0wNk TIL of the ISSpresso, an espresso machine designed for use on the International Space Station.
eXRn TIL carrots are used in carrot cake because during the medieval period, sweeteners were scarce and expensive, and carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable besides the sugar beet.
AKYg TIL there’s an empty 26-story skyscraper in Rhode Island with no tenants that has been appraised as having “no value.”
E1Nop TIL that in the '50s P&G used a supercomputer for designing Pringles to ensure that the chips' aerodynamics would keep them in place during packaging and that they would not break when being stacked on top of each other.
rRkyw TIL The warty comb jelly or sea walnut has a 'transient anus'. It forms a new anus (that immediately closes) every time it defecates. This has never been seen before and was observed only recently with this creature