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TIL 2024 is a Tetrahedral (or Triangular Pyramidal) Number

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VM9o4 TIL Artichokes contain a compound cynarine which makes other foods you pair it with taste sweeter. Apparently, this is the bane of sommeliers.
bVpp TIL that Sir Archy, one of the first great American race horses, retired because “there were no opponents willing to race against him.” His offspring were also so successful that they were effectively banned.
9xL7 TIL that a one-way mirror is also called a two-way mirror.
oRpdA TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.
b9NVN TIL that two cars crashing head-on at 50 mph is not comparable to one car hitting a wall at 100 mph. "Although the two-car crash doubles the speed, the energy [of] the crash is transferred to twice the mass resulting in a crash that looks like just one car hitting a wall at 50 mph."