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TIL not only is gold edible, it's also kosher.

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R79NQ Staring into a stranger's eyes could cure “Zoom Fatigue”
N78JQ TIL that in 2015, the US Air Force wanted to scrap the A-10, and Chuck Norris wrote a column praising it. In 2019, most of the fleet got new wings, enabling them to stay in service until late 2030s.
VM7B0 TIL that parts of Denver, CO are still contaminated due to a multiple fires and leakages at the Rocky Flats Plant. The Rocky Flats Plant manufactured Nuclear Weapons parts for the US Government from 1952 to 1992.