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TIL the “#” of C# was based on a small grid of 4 “+” signs, implying it is an increment of C++

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W7JvN TIL that toxicology researchers analysed "George's Marvellous Medicine" from Dahl's book in 2020, and, predictably, found out that George would have murdered Grandmother. The ingestion of the Medicine, even from the censored 2023 edition, would cause "kidney injury, convulsions, cardiac toxicity".
PYk7J TIL that Boar Taint is a foul odor/taste in Pork products that affects 1 in 5 male pigs. Most people can sense it when present and it puts some eaters off Pork forever. It derives from uncastrated male pigs hitting puberty. Smelly pig.
ZpyyY TIL that if you were able to fold a sheet of paper in half, over and over, after 103 folds that piece of paper would larger than the whole observable universe.
5JKp TIL of a study where two men ate only meat for a year and remained perfectly healthy
nW6kB TIL Robert Shaw, who played Quint in Jaws, died at age 51 when he was driving with his wife and son in Ireland. He suddenly got ill, stopped the car, got out and collapsed on the roadside.